Air Travel Chaos As Southwest Cancels Most Flights

The New York Times reports:

Thousands of travelers were stranded at U.S. airports on Monday as a wave of canceled flights — many of them operated by Southwest Airlines — spoiled holiday plans and kept families from returning home during one of the busiest and most stressful travel stretches of the year.

More than 3,700 flights in the United States had been canceled as of Monday evening and more than 6,800 others had been delayed, according to FlightAware. Southwest was by far the most disrupted airline, with about 2,800 canceled flights, nearly 70 percent of its total flights, FlightAware showed.

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Thousands of travelers were stranded at U.S. airports on Monday as a wave of canceled flights spoiled holiday plans. Southwest Airlines, which canceled 65% of its flights, was the airline most affected. https://t.co/mje7d4bBsR

— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 26, 2022

“Southwest Airlines accounted for almost all the Midway disruptions, with 68% of its flights into or out of the airport canceled and another 17% delayed, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware.” https://t.co/3HtaYzqo1G

— Raymond “Mack” McAnally (@MtnMack) December 26, 2022

Air travel issues continue, but now in our area they’re largely related to one airline, Southwest. Video sent by a viewer of our sister station in Baltimore shows BWI Marshall, where Southwest has nearly 200 canceled flights today. 32 Southwest flights canceled at DCA, 10@ Dulles pic.twitter.com/tgurnJzwOX

— Tom Roussey (@tomroussey7news) December 26, 2022

This is what it looks like at Dallas Love Field Airport – Southwest Airlines.

As of right now, 2,675 flights canceled, that’s 66% of flights, according to Flight-aware.

TWU Local 556, representing flight attendants: they’ve been demanding better technology for years now.@wfaa pic.twitter.com/zaJVVbCvkt

— Malini Basu (@MaliniBasu_) December 26, 2022

Still stranded at the Vegas airport (24+ hrs, multiple canceled flights) This is the @SouthwestAir rebooking line. It wraps around and then goes all the way to the end of the room. It also doesn’t move #Southwest #southweststolechristmas #southwestAir pic.twitter.com/OmCCuqLRn9

— Evan Knupp (@EvanKnupp) December 26, 2022

Total collapse of Southwest Airlines in Oakland, California. I fly a lot and never seen anything like this. Every flight is cancelled/“delayed”. My flight to Phoenix was canceled because “the crew didn’t show up” pic.twitter.com/rJxbnyCf7w

— Mike Bolen | Real Estate Investor (@mikebolen) December 26, 2022

This is just part of the line to rebook at the @SouthwestAir counter at @DENAirport. It’s been 3+ hours long all day. Via FlightAware: Southwest has 415 DEN canceled flights, 69 delayed. United has 23 flight canceled, 191 delayed. @9NEWS pic.twitter.com/WL1aelG8c1

— Courtney Yuen (@courtyuen) December 27, 2022

This is the line for @SouthwestAir at the San Antonio International Airport.
More than 2,600 Southwest flights have been canceled according to FlightAware, leaving passengers stranded after Christmas. One family told us the wait here is up to four hours, so they decided to leave pic.twitter.com/SBPWsGnkqT

— Hannah Tiede (@HannahTiedeTV) December 26, 2022