Louis is canceled, it will have a trickle-down effect, impacting passengers in St. Southwest resumed normal operations Friday after canceling more than 15,000 flights in just over a week, according to FlightAware, which tracks flight status in real time. From Omaha, that same flight will move from Omaha to Oklahoma City." The Southwest Airlines check-in counter at La Guardia Airport. "With Southwest, they work a little bit differently," Frazer said. Southwest Airlines uses a different system. The flight you took to New York City may then get a new set of passengers and return to Boston. William McGee, aviation and travel senior fellow at American Economics Liberties Project, discusses what he thinks caused all of the Southwest Airlines cancellations in the aftermath of the winter storm.Īirlines operate in and out of hub airports, which is a larger airport that is used as a stopover to help get passengers from point A to point B.įor example, if you were traveling from Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), if your airline has a hub in New York City, you may stop there and catch a connecting flight to the West Coast. Southwest Airlines cascading failures have checked a veritable bingo card of travel nightmares. HERE'S WHAT CAUSES TURBULENCE AND WHY YOU SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID OF ITĪviation expert weighs in on how Southwest Airlines debacle happened "The other reason is how Southwest operates as an airline."įrazer said airlines such as United, Delta and American use a hub and spoke system. "One of the reasons has been due to weather," FOX Weather meteorologist Jason Frazer said. While the winter storm has also impacted other airlines such as Delta, United and American, Southwest was particularly hard-hit with delays and cancellations. The winter storm has been causing quite a bit of chaos for holiday travelers, and for people traveling on Southwest Airlines, it doesn't look like things will be back to normal for at least the next few days. FOX Weather's Jason Frazer with a closer look at the travel chaos. The airline will reportedly operate one third of its schedule on Tuesday. Southwest canceled over 2,800 flights on Monday and today an additional 2,400 flights will be impacted. Southwest Airlines cancels thousands of flights The airline is also working to process refunds and work with customers who have been severely affected by the mass flight cancellations. Part of that plan, Jordan said, is to fly a reduced schedule and reposition aircraft and flight crews. He shared all the details on what the airline is doing to "make things right" for Southwest Airlines customers. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday to provide an update on the unfolding situation. "With our large fleet of airplanes and flight crews out of position in dozens of locations, and after days of trying to operate as much of our full schedule across the busy holiday weekend, we reached a decision point to significantly reduce our flying to catch up," he said. FOX Weather's Stephen Morgan caught in Southwest travel nightmareįOX Weather meteorologist Stephen Morgan was among the thousands of Southwest Airlines travelers whose holiday plans were upended by cancellations across the country.
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