Thousands of Southwest flights canceled nationwide Sunday

Southwest Airlines canceled thousands of flights nationwide Sunday, according to flight-tracking tract FlightAware.

On Saturday, 50% of Southwest flights retired of Denver International Airport were either canceled oregon delayed aft the hose grounded much than 800 flights nationwide.

The Dallas-based hose said the disruptions were owed to aerial postulation power issues and weather.

“We’re moving diligently to accommodate affected Southwest Customers arsenic rapidly arsenic possible. We’re asking our Customers whose question is affected to research our self-service rebooking options and to cheque their formation presumption connected Southwest.com,” an hose spokesperson wrote successful a Facebook post.

FAA spokesperson Steve Kulm said determination were nary staffing shortages reported.

"No FAA aerial postulation staffing shortages person been reported since Friday," Kulm said successful a connection to KMGH. "Flight delays and cancellations occurred for a fewer hours Friday day owed to wide terrible weather, subject training, and constricted staffing successful 1 country of the Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center. Some airlines proceed to acquisition scheduling challenges owed to craft and crews being retired of place. Please interaction the airlines for details astir existent formation schedules."

Social media speculation surrounding the disruption centered connected imaginable labour enactment taken by Southwest employees owed to the caller vaccine mandate imposed by the airline.

However, the national representing Southwest pilots told The Denver Post that its members were not participating successful immoderate strike.

Robert Garrison astatine KMGH archetypal reported this story.