America’s largest airline, American Airlines, suspended a total of 1,500 returns this weekend due to understaffing and weather issues. Just on Sunday, October 31, he canceled 634 trips, which represents a quarter of the flights scheduled for this date, according to FlightAware, a platform that provides real-time airline tracking data and products.
“With problems over time, we began to run short of staff when crew members were left out of their regular sequence of flights,” American Airlines reported in a statement to CNN.
According to the company, strong winds in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where its central airport is located, drastically reduced its landings.
On Friday the airline canceled 342 and on Saturday it did the same with 543 flights.
A problem that affects all airlines
During the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, American Airlines reduced a large part of its payroll, mainly due to the decrease in trips during this period. While attempts are being made to hire more staff, interruptions in their services have been frequent.
However, it is not the only airline that has faced these types of problems. Southwest Airlines, during the first days of October, canceled more than two thousand trips and, during this weekend, cut 185 flights, that is, 5% of its Sunday operation.
For its part, Spirit Airlines canceled about 2,000 flights in August, stranding thousands of passengers and blamed scheduling as a major factor in the disruptions. After that inconvenience, he cut his hours and pointed out that the suspensions cost him 50 million dollars.
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