Southwest Airlines continues to grapple with issues nationwide, with 2,509 flights, 62% of the airline’s planned flights, already canceled for Wednesday, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.
The chaos started with the winter storms that buffeted the nation over the Christmas holiday weekend. Whereas other airlines have recovered, Southwest has spiraled. The carrier has already nixed 2,348 more flights for Thursday, 58% of its planned total, according to FlightAware.
“As we continue the work to recover our operation, we have made the decision to continue operating a reduced schedule by flying roughly one-third of our schedule for the next several days,” Southwest said in a statement Tuesday.