{"id":314743,"date":"2021-08-03T19:25:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T16:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/american-airlines-and-spirit-cancel-hundreds-more-flights\/"},"modified":"2021-08-03T19:25:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T16:25:45","slug":"american-airlines-and-spirit-cancel-hundreds-more-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/american-airlines-and-spirit-cancel-hundreds-more-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"#American Airlines and Spirit cancel hundreds more flights"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#American Airlines and Spirit cancel hundreds more flights<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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American Airlines and Spirit Airlines canceled hundreds more flights on Tuesday as cancelations and delays that began on Sunday due to thunderstorms spilled into their third day. <\/p>\n

More than 280 flights, some 9 percent of all of American scheduled trip<\/a>s, had been canceled as of 11 a.m. ET Tuesday, according to FlightAware.com. <\/a><\/p>\n

Another 190, or 6 percent of American\u2019s flights, were delayed on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The latest disruptions come on top of the roughly 850 flights that American canceled on Sunday and Monday, as well as the nearly 2,000 that were delayed, according to CNBC<\/a>. <\/p>\n

At least 120 of American\u2019s cancellations on Tuesday were due to a lack of flight crew, according to an internal list, which was reviewed by CNBC.<\/p>\n

Spirit Airlines canceled 290 flights on Tuesday, representing 42 percent of their flights for the day, according to FlightAware. <\/p>\n

And the airline delayed another 70 flights, or 10 percent. <\/p>\n

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That\u2019s on top of more than 400 flights that Spirit canceled on Sunday and Monday. <\/p>\n

Representatives for Spirit and American did not return The Post\u2019s request for comment, but reports suggested that the disruptions were linked to rolling thunderstorms in the Dallas, Texas area.<\/p>\n

Erik Hofmeyer, a spokesman for Spirit, blamed the chaos on \u201ca series<\/a> of weather and operational challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Spirit Airlines has cancelled 42 percent of Tuesday\u2019s flights.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cWe needed to make proactive cancellations to some flights across the network, but the majority of flights are still scheduled as planned,\u201d he said Monday.<\/p>\n

American also linked the disruptions to weather.<\/p>\n

\u201cMother nature isn\u2019t playing nicely and many flights in and out DFW are delayed or cancelled,\u201d American Airlines said Sunday on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Mother nature isn’t playing nicely and many flights in and out DFW are delayed or cancelled. We see you’re set now for tomorrow at 1:20p.<\/p>\n

\u2014 americanair (@AmericanAir) August 1, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Photos on social media from across the country showed would-be flyers waiting in long lines to retrieve their luggage.<\/p>\n

Stormy Daniels, the porn star who claimed she had an affair with former President Donald Trump, was also caught up in the cancelations. <\/p>\n

\u201cAfter being diverted to OKC, my brother (and rest of the passengers) SAT ON THE PLANE for 12 hrs with NO food & no explanation!\u201d she tweeted at American Airlines. \u201cFlight finally made it to DFW to find not a single employee working.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After being diverted to OKC, my brother (and rest of the passengers) SAT ON THE PLANE for 12 hrs with NO food & no explanation!Flight finally made it to DFW to find not a single employee working. No idea of where bags are or how to get to his final destination. WTF @AmericanAir<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/0EYd9hTocC<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Stormy Daniels (@StormyDaniels) August 2, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

\u201cIt looked like a hurricane shelter,\u201d passenger Rebecca Osborn, who was at Orlando International Airport,\u00a0told USA Today<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were people everywhere: little kids, old people,\u201d\u00a0Osborn\u2019s boyfriend Eddie Gordon said. \u201cThey never came out and gave any type of explanation or offered anything\u2026 First, they said it was weather, then they said we don\u2019t have enough staff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gordon and Osbourne told USA Today they waited in line for a refund from midnight to 9:30 a.m. on Monday, after their flight was scheduled to depart Sunday at 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

Airlines have struggled to\u00a0maintain staffing levels\u00a0after COVID-19 decimated profits \u2014even though airlines received federal funding contingent on them avoiding layoffs. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n