American Airlines canceling hundreds of flights through mid-July

American Airlines canceling hundreds of flights through mid-July
# 21 June 2021 11:51 (UTC +04:00)

American Airlines is canceling hundreds of flights for at least the next few weeks as a combination of factors threaten regular business operation, APA reports citing the Hill.

A heavy uptick in travel, labor shortages and weather are contributing to the cancellations, expected to last until mid-July at the earliest.

"The first few weeks of June have brought unprecedented weather to our largest hubs, heavily impacting our operation and causing delays, canceled flights and disruptions to crew member schedules and our customers' plans," Stacey Day, a spokeswoman for the airline, told The Hill.

he added, "That, combined with the labor shortages some of our vendors are contending with and the incredibly quick ramp up of customer demand, has led us to build in additional resilience and certainty to our operation by adjusting a fraction of our scheduled flying through mid-July."

According to Day, the cancellations will be focused in areas with bigger airports where travel plans can be more easily adjusted by the airline.

"We made targeted changes with the goal of impacting the fewest number of customers by adjusting flights in markets where we have multiple options for re-accommodation," she said.

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