Alaska Airlines is canceling about 50 of the 1,200 flights that it operates every day due to the lack of pilots, its chief executive said.
CEO Ben Minicucci announced that the airline is canceling dozens of flights every day to offset the ongoing pilot shortage.
Of the 1,200 flights that it operates every day, the carrier is canceling about 50 of them, or about 4%, according to the chief executive. Minicucci said the troubles began when the airline started April and May with 63 fewer pilots than it planned for when it built its schedule.
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