U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said that large\u002Dscale flight disruptions at Southwest Airlines were no longer weather driven.
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The rest of the aviation system and other airlines seemed to be back from the weather disruptions, Buttigieg said. More than 2,500 Southwest Airlines flights were cancelled as of Wednesday morning, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware.Delta Air Lines said in an email it had capped fares in all markets where Southwest operates, including domestic and international markets. The program includes over 700 nonstop markets and are valid through Dec 31.
Southwest told Reuters that it would reimburse customers for travel-related costs and that it had already processed thousands of requests by Tuesday.
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