Now they proactively cancel the flights and send the crews and equipment to clear locations. Even 10 years ago airlines would fly equipment and crew into locations that were forecasting heavy snow, ice storms, major thunderstorm complexes, etc, and those would often get stuck at that location for a day in the case of thunderstorms (bad enough) to multiple days in the case of blizzards - which wrecked havoc with schedules both directly and indirectly. One that isn't talked about much is that all the US airlines are being a lot more aggressive about cancelling flights in advance of major disruption events, which are almost always always weather events. There are many factors causing the current air travel system delays.
The post-pandemic travel boom was "expected - but not in this intensity," the Lufthansa spokesperson added. Now, travel demand is back, and the industry is struggling to catch up and rehire.Ī spokesperson for Lufthansa said that the aviation industry as a whole is "suffering from bottlenecks and staff shortages, noticeable especially during peak periods." Many carriers operated a skeleton staff for the best part of the last two years.
When aviation ground to a halt in the early days of the pandemic, most airlines and airports either furloughed or laid off many ground and air workers. "As global travelers return to the skies in droves after a pandemic-enforced pause, airlines and airports across the world are grappling to match supply with demand." London Heathrow and Amsterdam Schiphol airports announced moves this week to curb congestion.Įlsewhere CNN reports that there's a larger ongoing problem. Air traffic disruptions have been bad in Europe, too. American Airlines had canceled more than 200 flights by Friday afternoon. US airlines have been preemptively trimming their schedules to ease air traffic disruptions, with American Airlines the latest to make cuts, particularly at its hub in Philadelphia. "We are working through a variety of weather-related challenges that are affecting a number of our larger operations across the country this week," Southwest Airlines said in a statement on Friday.Īirlines have been struggling with flight cancellations and delays this summer as they face staffing shortages, severe weather and air traffic control delays. Southwest delayed another 1,800 flights, 46% of its Thursday schedule. Southwest Airlines canceled 370 flights, or 9% of its Thursday schedule.
They note that America's "massive flight cancellations" started Thursday when "thunderstorms pounded major airports on the East Coast." That's according to the flight tracking site FlightAware, which also showed another 1,248 flights cancelled Thursday, according to CNN. And 28,118 more flights were at least delayed.
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