Another 2,500+ US flights canceled Sunday, including dozens in San Diego

SAN DIEGO — Wintry local weather blended with the pandemic to frustrate air vacationers whose return flights dwelling from the holidays had been canceled or delayed in the first days of the model new yr. By afternoon Sunday, better than 2,500 U.S. flights and 4,200 worldwide had been canceled, in response to monitoring service FlightAware. The numbers included various flights in and out of San Diego which had been canceled or delayed. 

In keeping with FlightAware, 89 flights in and out of San Diego Worldwide Airport had expert delays and 34 had been canceled as of three:15 p.m. PT. 

The U.S. airways with most likely essentially the most cancellations as of three:15 p.m. PT, in response to FlightAware:

1. SkyWest – 537
2. Southwest – 424
3. Delta – 175
4. JetBlue – 171
5. American – 158
6. Mesa – 110
7. United – 109

Southwest had most likely essentially the most delays with 1,520, adopted by United with 625 and Delta with 574.

That adopted Saturday’s mass cancelations of better than 2,700 U.S. flights, and better than 4,700 worldwide. Saturday’s single-day U.S. toll was one of the best since merely sooner than Christmas, when airways began blaming staffing shortages on rising COVID-19 infections amongst crews.

A winter storm that hit the Midwest on Saturday made Chicago the worst place in the nation for vacationers all by means of the weekend as a result of the realm’s airports continued to get higher Sunday morning. About 1 / 4 of all flights at O’Hare Airport had been canceled Sunday.

American Airways acknowledged most of Sunday’s canceled flights had been canceled ahead of time to steer clear of last-minute disruptions on the airport.

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