#SOUTHWEST AIRLINES DELAYS FLIGHTS UPDATE#
Statement Regarding Recent Operational Disruptions – Update #2 October 12, 2021Īs we complete efforts to stabilize our network, Southwest expects a more normal operation on Tuesday with approximately 90 system-wide cancellations out of the airline's almost 3,300 flights scheduled for the day. We extended our deepest apologies to Customers who have been impacted and look forward to welcoming them back on a future Southwest flight. We thank our Employees for the hospitality they’ve shown our Customers during this challenging time. Southwest Airlines resumed normal operations today.
Southwest’s First Mother/Daughter Pilot Duo Takes Flightįinal Statement Regarding Recent Operational Disruptions. Southwest Airlines Celebrates 15 Years of Service in Denver. This story will be updated with any response. Newsweek reached out to both Southwest Airlines and the pilots union for comment Sunday afternoon but had not heard back by publication. The union has also authorized $1 million in support of those protests, which could begin this fall. Some Southwest workers have recently voiced concern over the airline's vaccine mandate, with the pilots union filing a lawsuit and authorizing its workers to demonstrate against the mandate. In an October 8 report, the organization warned, "After several months of steady increases, new ticket sales have subsided in large part due to a resurgence of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations." commercial airlines reported $4.3 billion in pre-tax losses, according to Airlines for America, an airline industry advocacy group. The company was profitable during both June and July without government assistance, for the first time since the pandemic began. Southwest said in August that it no longer expected to make a profit in the third quarter due to a poor travel outlook, as rising COVID cases fueled by the highly-contagious Delta variant halted many peoples' travel plans. The cancellations come at a difficult time for the Southwest due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, a Southwest plane is seen at Denver International Airport in August 2019. More than 1,800 Southwest Airlines flights were canceled over the weekend were caused by “poor planning,” the airline’s pilot union said. Less than 1 percent of Delta flights-three in total-had been cancelled, with 10 percent being delayed by 5:10 p.m., according to FlightAware. 
Only 4 percent of American Airline flights were cancelled Sunday, with 11 percent being delayed. The airline flew a busier schedule than many other airlines, making it difficult for it to recover following the bad weather and technical issues. It also blamed a schedule that leaves no margin for recovery when things go wrong, The Wall Street Journal reported. The union said the pilots were "not participating in any official or unofficial job actions." SWAPA Pilots are true professionals and will always maintain the highest level of responsibility to their crews, their passengers, and our airline." "They will continue to be focused on their highest priority-safety. "Our Pilots will continue to overcome SWA management's poor planning, as well as any external operational challenges, and remain the most productive Pilots in the world," the union said in a statement. In a statement Saturday, the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA) pointed to poor planning as the actual cause of the cancellations. "Some airlines continue to experience scheduling challenges due to aircraft and crews being out of place." "Flight delays & cancellations occurred for a few hours Friday PM due to widespread severe weather, military training, & limited staffing in one area of the Jacksonville en route center," the FAA said in the tweet.
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