Amid complaints from affected users, hundreds of American Airlines flights were canceled this weekend and Monday due to major staffing and maintenance issues. But this would be repeated for more days until about 3,000 flights were completed.
123 flights were canceled on Saturday, 178 on Sunday and 97 this Monday. American expects to cancel between 50 and 80 flights a day through July.
American reported that it will try to notify customers well in advance of their flights and provide an opportunity for customers to rebook alternative flights through its app.
Why American cancels flights and how long will they last
The airline says it has a labor shortage as more people return to make travel plans.
As reported by our sister network CNBC, American confirmed that it is cutting its overall schedule by about 1% through mid-July to help alleviate some of the disruptions, some of which it said were due to bad weather at international airports. from Charlotte and Dallas / Fort Worth during the first half of June.
Airlines are struggling to keep up with a surge in demand for air travel as governments lift travel restrictions and allow more attractions, from concerts to restaurants to theme parks, to reopen, after spending much of it. last year trying to cut staff.
Some returning travelers have complained about customer service wait times of several hours.
The Transportation Security Administration said it screened more than 2.1 million people Sunday, the most since March 7, 2020, but down 23% from the 2.7 million people screened two years ago before it. the pandemic will begin.
“Bad weather, combined with the labor shortages faced by some of our suppliers and the incredibly rapid increase in customer demand, has led us to build greater resilience and certainty in our operation by adjusting a fraction of our scheduled flights in mid-July, “American Airlines spokeswoman Sarah Jantz said in a statement. “We made specific changes in order to impact the least number of customers by adjusting flights in markets where we have multiple rearrangement options.”
Bad weather has affected the ability of flight crews to reach assigned flights, and bad weather may mean that crews may fall outside of the hours when they have federal permission to work, the spokeswoman said.
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