Spirit Airlines cancels 60% of scheduled flights on third day of "operational issues" - CBS News
As of Tuesday evening, Spirit Airlines has canceled 60%, or 416, of the day's scheduled flights due to "operational issues" that have impacted the carrier for three consecutive days, according to FlightAware — a multinational aviation database."In responding to these challenges, Spirit has implemented some proactive cancellations again today to reset our operations," Hofmeyer said Tuesday.On Sunday, Spirit canceled 165 flights and delayed another 342 nationwide, per FlightAware.American Airlines on Sunday and Monday experienced widespread flight delays and cancellations due to "a prolonged severe weather event in Dallas Fort-Worth," which is where the company's largest hub is located.A spokesperson from American said Tuesday that the nine-hour storm "brought sustained heavy rain, strong winds, lightning, microbursts and hail" to the area.
On Sunday, American canceled 283 scheduled flights and canceled 355 on Monday.As of Tuesday evening, 11% of American Airlines flights have been canceled and another 21% have been delayed.
But according to internal flight list data from American Airlines, obtained by CBS News on Tuesday, 231 flight cancellations were due to a lack of airplane pilots and 40 were because of the weather.