Holiday flight cancellations soar due to Covid-19 staffing issues and bad weather
Data from the website FlightAware shows more than 4,731 flights were canceled globally on Saturday — by far the largest day of cancellations since the meltdown began Christmas Eve. At least 2,739 of the cancellations were within, into or out of the United States.
Sunday is generally the busiest travel day of the week, and this Sunday is likely a heavy travel day as the Christmas holiday and New Years week wrap up. The Transportation Security Administration said Thursday it expected to screen 10 million people from Friday through Monday.
Southwest, JetBlue, Delta and American Airlines each have over 100 canceled flights Sunday.
Including Sunday, airlines have canceled more than 14,000 flights in the last 10 days, including Christmas Eve, per a CNN tally of FlightAware data.
The problem is likely to continue into next week because it takes time for airlines to recover from the weather issues alone. More than 310 US flights are already…
