More than 700 Spirit and American flights have been canceled and even more are delayed due to bad weather and a reported lack of flight crews
Spirit Airlines and American Airlines have canceled hundreds of flights for Monday.
Bad weather and a reported lack of flight crews are to blame for yet another summer travel hiccup.
Airlines have an impaired ability to recover due to staffing cuts from the pandemic.
The summer of vaccinated travel strikes again.
Spirit Airlines and American Airlines have canceled 729 flights and counting as of Monday afternoon as bad weather and “operational challenges” plague cities across the American South.
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Air travel in the U.S. is hitting new pandemic-era highs, and airlines are scrambling to keep up with the summer vacation crowds.
Despite rising numbers of coronavirus infections fueled by the Delta variant, the U.S. set another recent high mark for air travel Sunday, with more than 2.2 million people going through airport checkpoints, according to the Transportation Security Administration.
That is nearly 11,000 more people screened than July 18, and the highest number since Feb. 28, 2020, before the U.S. felt the full brunt of the pandemic. However, air travel was still down 17% on Sunday from the same Sunday in 2019.
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Spirit Airlines canceled 165 flights on Sunday and more than 200 on Monday, and American canceled 500
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ssengers were left stranded throughout cities such as San Juan, Orlando, Miami and Fort Lauderdale
American Airlines passengers in Dallas were worst hit on Monday, as the area experienced thunder storms
Dozens of travelers took to Twitter to vent their frustrations while they waited for updates from the airline
Videos showed travelers seated on the ground complaining of being hot and hungry in packed terminals
A Spirit spokeswoman blamed the cancellations on weather and other operational challenges.
The spokeswoman denied rumors that they may have been impacted by a pilot strike
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