The cancellations and delays come as leisure travel returns to pre-coronavirus pandemic rates. "Our team members are working around the clock to care for our customers," the airline spokesperson said. By Tuesday evening, 11% of American Airlines flights were canceled and another 21% were delayed. A spokesperson from American said Tuesday that the nine-hour storm "brought sustained heavy rain, strong winds, lightning, microbursts and hail" to the area.īut 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 while 40 cancellations were because of the weather.Īmerican canceled 283 scheduled flights on Sunday and another 355 on Monday.
On Sunday and Monday, American Airlines 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.
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