(Reuters) – Airlines canceled over 700 flights in the United States on Monday, as adverse weather and a shortage of staff hurt their ability to keep up with a surge in summer travel demand.
Total flight cancellations within, into, or out of the United States as of 1.07 p.m. ET were 747, as per flight-tracking website Flightaware.com https://uk.flightaware.com/live/cancelled/today. Nearly 860 flights were canceled on Sunday.
Delta Air Lines had over 200 cancellations, Republic Airways Inc and United Airlines Holdings Inc had 196 and 122 flight cancellations, respectively, while American Airlines Group Inc canceled 62 flights as of Monday afternoon.
American Airlines said the cancellations were largely due to weather and air traffic control initiatives designed to regulate traffic.
Delta, United and Republic did not respond to Reuters requests for comment.
Last 2 flights delayed and canceled. Thank God I didn’t have my family with me!
The firings were short term gains as all those cigar smoking fat cats laughed and lessened payroll. They are still laughing because they are in control, just like big oil.
Little do we consumers know….we are actually in charge and can easily impact industry. It takes discipline and maybe a bit of hurt, but the consumer drives everything. We just are in a society that spends spends spends then over spends (credit cards), knowing the Fed will bail them out.