“We experienced significant impact in the Florida airports evening after an FAA-imposed air traffic management program was implemented due to weather and resulted in a large number of cancellations,” Alan Kasher, who oversees Southwest’s daily flight operations, told staff in a note on Saturday, NBC News reported. (1/2) /o1scQJ5lLb- Southwest Airlines October 9, 2021įor comparison, American Airlines has canceled 143 flights while Spirit Airlines canceled 32 flights across the nation on Sunday, according to FlightAware. We appreciate your patience as we accommodate affected Customers, and Customer Service wait times are longer than usual. “With fewer frequencies between cities in our current schedule, recovering during operational challenges is more difficult and prolonged.”ĪTC issues and disruptive weather have resulted in a high volume of cancellations throughout the weekend while we work to recover our operation. We’ve continued diligent work throughout the weekend to reset our operation with a focus on getting aircraft and Crews repositioned to take care of our Customers,” a Southwest Airlines spokesperson wrote in a statement to News4Jax. “We experienced weather challenges in our Florida airports at the beginning of the weekend, challenges that were compounded by unexpected air traffic control issues in the same region, triggering delays and prompting significant cancellations for us beginning Friday evening. There were also six delayed flights, according to FlightAware. The cancelations by the nation’s largest domestic airline have left many passengers scrambling across the country, including in Jacksonville.Īs of Sunday afternoon, there were 13 total canceled flights at Jacksonville International Airport involving all airlines, accounting for 10% of its operation. Southwest has canceled more than 1,000 flights and had another 663 delayed on Sunday as of 5 p.m., according to.
Southwest Airlines appears to be one of the airlines still having issues. No FAA air traffic staffing shortages have been reported since Friday.įlight delays & cancellations occurred for a few hours Friday PM due to widespread severe weather, military training, & limited staffing in one area of the Jacksonville en route center.
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