Southwest Cancels Thousands More Flights on Thursday as Disruptions Continue
Travelers face more hardship as Southwest Airlines has canceled nearly 2,400 flights as of Thursday morning—putting the tally at around 15,000 over the course of a week—as the company has struggled to stabilize operations amid a harsh winter storm.
As of 8 a.m. New York time on Thursday, Dec. 29, Southwest canceled 2,357 flights and delayed 58, according to data from FlightAware.
Since late last week, well over 10,000 Southwest flights have been canceled—far more than any other carrier.
“All the flexibility and planning that we put in place to deal with the storm just wasn’t enough,” Southwest Chief Commercial Officer Ryan Green said in a Dec. 28 video message, in which he offered an apology to customers whose travel was disrupted. 0;34…