Southwest Airlines is leading all carriers in cancellations or delayed flights as of early Wednesday, according to data from FlightAware.
According to data from FlightAware, Southwest Airlines was leading all carriers in cancellations or delayed flights, with a total of 411 early Wednesday. Delta Air Lines was also heavily affected, with a total of 378 delayed or canceled flights; by Wednesday afternoon, it had pulled ahead of Southwest for the volume of flights affected.
FlightAware showed that the airport most affected by the storm was Minneapolis-Saint Paul, a hub for Delta that is also served by Southwest, with 44% of flights canceled Wednesday. Denver International Airport, a hub for Southwest, was also heavily affected, with 11%, or 100 flights, canceled and 58 flights, or 6%, delayed. Other airports served by Southwest that were affected by the storm include Detroit Metropolitan, Chicago Midway and Salt Lake City International.
Southwest and Delta have both issued flight waivers for travelers potentially affected by this week's storm that will allow them to rebook without paying any additional charge.Capt. Casey Murray, a Southwest pilot and spokesperson for the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, said in an interview that the precautionary cancellations are the result of Southwest's ongoing issues with its procedures, especially ones related to staff scheduling.
"It’s about how this airline connects crews to airplanes, and that still is not being addressed," Murray said.that saw at least 2 million travelers' flights canceled and that cost the airline at least $800 million. Southwest has commissioned a study to determine what went wrong, but has preliminarily blamed a combination of technical and procedural factors.
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