Southwest Airlines cancels nearly 2,000 flights nationwide, including Phoenix | Arizona News

PHOENIX (3TV / CBS 5) – Southwest Airlines canceled hundreds of flights over the weekend, including more than 100 to or from Phoenix. Southwest canceled 81 Sky Harbor flights and more than 800 flights – nearly a quarter of its schedule – across the country on Saturday, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.com. By 10:30 a.m. on Sunday morning, another 74 Southwest flights to and from Phoenix were canceled. More than 1,000 flights have been canceled nationwide. Sky Harbor confirmed delays and cancellations across the Southwest network. The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association said it was aware of the problem. It also said that its pilots “do not participate in official or unofficial work actions”. ATC is air traffic control. The Dallas-based company advised affected travelers to check the status of their flights and use the “self-service rebooking options” on their website to restore our operations. We thank you for your patience, as we are accommodating affected customers and the waiting times for customer service are longer than usual. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/o1scQJ5lLb – Southwest Airlines (@SouthwestAir) Oct 9, 2021 Although Southwest said the issues were ATC and weather related, other airlines canceled far fewer flights than Southwest. For example, on Saturday, American Airlines canceled 66 flights nationwide, according to FlightAware. In response to questions from Arizona’s family, Southwest Airlines sent the following statement: “We experienced weather challenges at our Florida airports earlier this weekend, challenges exacerbated by unexpected air traffic control issues in the same region that resulted in delays and significant cancellations for us from Friday night. We’ve been working diligently all weekend to restart our operations, with an emphasis on repositioning planes and crews to carefully work … our customers. “With fewer frequencies between cities in our current one Schedule recovery during operational challenges is more difficult and longer. “We are working diligently to meet our customers as quickly as possible and we appreciate their patience. Re gives customers additional flexibility in exploring self-service rebooking options on Southwest.com, where they can check the status of their trip We know flight cancellations are frustrating for our customers and employees, and we apologize and thank everyone again for their patience as we work firstly to be safe and secondly to resolve disrupted plans as quickly as possible. ” Copyright 2021 KPHO / KTVK (KPHO Broadcasting Corporation) All rights reserved.

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