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Delta Cancels Hundreds Of Flights — Executives Say The Problem Could Last All Summer

View from the Wing·Gary Leff·29 days ago
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Delta Air Lines has been cancelling hundreds of flights througout the weekend, while other airlines operate without issue . And weather certainly hasn’t been a unique issue for Delta during this time. It wasn’t exactly clear what was happening to trigger the meltdown, and Delta hasn’t explained it publicly. However, aviation watchdog JonNYC explained the issue as “crew restrictions” and postulated that Delta’s turnover in scheduling has been a problem when things go sideways – and that there had been a snowball effect from weather at the start of last week. Unsurprisingly, internally Delta is blaming weather – but not near their hubs. “Scattered thundershowers over Central Florida” of course affect many airlines and don’t leave to cancelling 100, 200, and more flights per day. Again on Sunday Delta cancelled more flights than any other airline in the world.…

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