A Delta Airlines commercial plane arrives to land at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, California, on January 18, 2022.
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Flight disruptions continued on Sunday, but from a rocky start to Memorial Day weekend, eased as a test for carriers as they battled through a busy summer travel season following the Covid pandemic for more than two years. were ready.
Delta Airlines Bad weather on Saturday and its cancellation for “air traffic control operations”, led to disruptions. Hundreds of flights operated by Republic Airways, United Airlines, JetBlue Airways And American Airlines Saturday was also delayed.
According to flight-tracking site FlightAware, Delta canceled 254 mainline flights, or 9% of its Saturday schedule, and about a fifth of its schedule was delayed by 530. On Sunday, that number dropped to 143 cancellations, or 5%, and 116, or 4%, delayed.
Delta said 87% of customers were rebooked on flights departing within approximately 11 hours of their original time.
The Atlanta-based carrier said last week that trim its schedule To give themselves more room to handle disruptions, about 2%, from 100 flights a day between July 1 and August 7.
Other carriers, including Alaska Airlines, JetBlue Airways And Spirit Airlines it’s also parade back schedule To better handle disruptions such as bad weather and staff shortage.
Getting the right balance is important for carriers because bookings jumped recently Despite airfares that have exceeded pre-pandemic levels.