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WestJet cancels 15% of flights in January due to Omicron impact on staffing
WestJet has become the last North American carrier to cancel flights due to rising COVID-19 cases among staff. The…
JetBlue Airways to cut flights in January as Omicron cases rise among staff
JetBlue Airways is considering cutting flights through January 13, 2022, by roughly 1,280 due to a surge in…
Thousands of flights in the US canceled over the Christmas weekend
A combination of winter weather and the surge of the Omicron COVID-19 variant has disrupted thousands of flights…
Air New Zealand cancels 1,000 flights to and from Australia
Air New Zealand has canceled more than 1,000 flights connecting New Zealand and Australia, citing the current border…
American Airlines cancels 1400 flights over three days
American Airlines (A1G) (AAL) said staff shortages and bad weather caused over 1,400 flights to be cancelled in…
Server glitch results in hundreds of canceled SkyWest Airlines flights
More than 700 flights were canceled in the United States after SkyWest Airlines faced a glitch in an…
Southwest Airlines president: flight disruptions not caused by employee protests
Flight cancellations and delays at Southwest Airlines (LUV) were not the result of staff protests over vaccination mandates,…
Southwest Airlines cancels over 1,000 flights in one weekend
Southwest Airlines (LUV) passengers and customers were left scrambling to rearrange their travel plans as the airline cancelled…
Shanghai suspends flight operations due to Typhoon Chanthu
In response to Typhoon Chanthu, Shanghai has cancelled 80% of all flights on September 13, 2021. From 11:00…
All flights out of New Orleans Airport are cancelled for September 2, 2021
Hundreds of flights out of Louis Armstrong New Orleans Airport (MSY) have been canceled for September 2, 2021, after…
Spirit Airlines revises Q3 forecast after $50M hit from cancellations
US-based carrier Spirit Airlines (S64) (SAVE) announced a bleak revision of its third quarter earnings following massive disruptions…
Union strikes and shambolic negotiations: Alitalia still kicking
Two years after Alitalia declared bankruptcy and various deadlines extended, the Italian government is still negotiating a binding…
BA + IT = Misery
It has been a day of complete misery for thousands of British Airways passengers as yet another IT…
British Airways IT glitch strands passengers at 3 London airports
If troubles with its pilots and repercussions from last year’s data breach incident were not enough, British Airways…
Russia bans passenger flights to and from Georgia starting July 8
Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a decree temporarily banning passenger flights to and from Georgia, following unrest…
Southwest to investigate jet groundings amid tense labor dispute
Southwest Airlines (LUV) announced it will launch an investigation into the cause of an “operational emergency” declared by…
Southwest in “operational emergency” as dozens jets grounded
If the delay of the FAA’s authorization for Southwest’s Hawaii service launch as well as the fallout from…
SKYCOP lends a hand to airlines with special book
In the world of ever-improving technologies, where digital tools are changing the way we communicate, live and work,…