Full-blown meltdown: Another round of Southwest cancellations impacting hundreds of local flights. Latest travel woes now on ABC7
Southwest Airlines has canceled more than 2,500 flights nationwide Wednesday as it grapples with a holiday travel boondoggle that U.S. Transportation Secretary Peter Buttigieg called a complete meltdown by the airline.
As of Tuesday evening, the airline had canceled nearly 2,700 flights nationally, including many from Los Angeles International Airport and other airfields across Southern California, according to FlightAware. Some flights still departed from LAX, John Wayne Airport, Hollywood Burbank Airport and Long Beach Airport, but passengers were being urged to check flight schedules.
"With consecutive days of extreme winter weather across our network behind us, continuing challenges are impacting our customers and employees in a significant way that is unacceptable," according to a Southwest statement. "We're working with safety at the forefront to urgently address wide-scale disruption by rebalancing the airline and repositioning crews and our fleet ultimately to best serve all who plan to travel with us.
Orange County Supervisor Katrina Foley told City News Service that officials were concerned Monday evening that some passengers would have to remain overnight in the terminal, although John Wayne Airport spokeswoman Anna Sophia Servin said no one had to camp out at the airport overnight. Officials with the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a statement calling the Southwest situation "unacceptable."
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