Spirit and American Airlines cancel hundreds of flights again
Al Jazeera
Spirit Airlines and American Airlines called off a wave of flights for a second straight day, leaving thousands of passengers stranded and fuelling concerns that crew shortages are adding to problems first sparked by weather and technology issues.
American Airlines Group Inc. and Spirit Airlines Inc. canceled hundreds more flights Tuesday, stranding thousands of passengers and stoking concerns that crew shortages are adding to problems that initially were caused by weather and technology issues. American canceled 284 flights, or 9% of its schedule, after grounding 563 on Monday, according to FlightAware.com. The scrubbed service followed a weekend of storms that hit the carrier’s Dallas-Fort Worth International and Miami International hubs. Spirit parked 624 flights over the two days, hit by weather and other challenges. That was equivalent to 42% of its schedule each day. The dropped flights add to delays and cancellations that have peppered the peak summer travel season as airlines ramped up service in response to an unexpected surge in demand for vacations and social visits after people got coronavirus vaccinations. In some cases, airlines have been unable to recover quickly because crews reached the maximum number of work hours as delays snowballed while reserve corps were tapped out.
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