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it's the top of the hour on "cnn newsroom." i'm pamela brown, and we begin the hour with a travel nightmare. thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed across the country today. the hardest hit, southwest airlines, which has scrapped more than 60% of its flights. take a look here. these are some of the long lines of southwest passengers in raleigh, atlanta, and denver airports. in a statement to cnn, southwest airlines said it is, quote, experiencing disruptions across our network as a result of the winter storm's lingering effects on the totality of our operations. carlos su...

PLAY Airlines is an Icelandic ultra-low-cost carrier providing services between Europe and America. Using Reykjavik as their headquarters and flying between

They give you up to ten minutes before departure to cancel. one of the issues with them though is they are more of a short haul carrier, short and medium range, so that means they have a lot of what we call turnaround times. in other words, on a given day on average their jets are making more flights because they're sh shorter. those turnaround times bog things down. you're not making money or efficient when you are on the ground and that has helped to slow them down unfortunately just because of the route structure that they have. >> so does that explain the full picture of why southwest airl...