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DAVID KOENIG10:46, Aug 04 2021
Spirit Airlines cancelled nearly half its schedule for Tuesday, the third straight day of extremely high cancellation numbers at the US budget airline. By early afternoon, the low-cost carrier had cancelled about 320 flights, or 47 per cent of its schedule, according to the FlightAware tracking service. Dozens more flights were late. The blame appeared to lie at least partly with a technology outage affecting crew scheduling. American Airlines had cancelled nearly 300 flights by early afternoon Tuesday, but it is much larger than Spirit, and those flights amounted to a less-alarming 9 per cent of its schedule. About three-fourths of the American cancellations appeared to be due at least partly to a lack of pilots, according to a company log.
David Koenig
Stranded travelers sleep on the seats of the ticketing waiting area, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia. Their schedule flight to Los Angels was delayed until Thursday, after Spirit canceled nearly half its schedule for Tuesday, the third straight day of extremely high cancellation numbers at the budget airline. (Jose F. Moreno/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP) August 03, 2021 - 4:29 PM
Spirit Airlines canceled more than half its schedule on Tuesday, and American Airlines struggled to recover from weekend storms at its Texas home, stranding thousands of passengers at the height of the summer travel season.
By early evening, Spirit had canceled more than 400 flights, or nearly 60% of its schedule, according to the FlightAware tracking service. Nearly 100 other flights were late. The blame appeared to lie at least partly with a technology outage affecting crew scheduling.
The system is collapsing : Union chief SLAMS American Airlines for cancelling 340 flights and delaying 632 more, as Spirit axes more than HALF of their flights, and blames staffing issues NOT weather problems for the chaos
American Airlines canceled nearly 340 flights and delayed 632 flights on Tuesday as Spirit Airlines canceled an estimated 60% of its schedule
This is the third day in a row of cancellations and delays blames on Sunday night s storm in Dallas
Allied Pilots union spokesman Dennis Tajer blames the days of chaos on American Airline s inability to hold the schedule together
He claims that American Airlines pilots have been warning the company of that the system is collapsing on the passengers, gate agents, and pilots
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