Southwest Cancels Flights To Hawaii

[kander]

Perhaps more concerning than the 40 or so flights being cancelled is the conflicting stories coming from southwest as to the reason for the cancellations.

https://beatofhawaii.com/forty-southwest...concerned/

[leilanidude]

Looking at live flight tracking (Monday morning) shows no evidence of SWA flights cancelled.

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[AaronM]

Published 22 minutes ago -

New York (CNN Business)The long weekend got a bit longer for Southwest customers after the airline canceled more than 2,000 flights Friday through Sunday.

The world's largest low-cost carrier canceled three of every 10 departures it had scheduled on Sunday and the disruption continued into Monday, a federal holiday, with 337 flights — or about one in 10 — canceled so far, according to the aviation tracking website FlightAware.
The company blamed the cancellations on air traffic control problems and limited staffing in Florida as well as bad weather. It told CNN late Sunday that getting operations back to normal was "more difficult and prolonged" because of schedule and staffing reductions made during the pandemic.

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Forty Southwest Hawaii Flights Canceled Today. Should You Be Concerned?
OCTOBER 10, 2021 by BEAT OF HAWAII


https://beatofhawaii.com/forty-southwest...concerned/

[kander]

Florida is a long ways away from Hawaii. And they seem to be the only airline that is having these problems. Truth will eventually come out.

[Durian Fiend]

According to their CEO, half their fleet routes through Florida on any given day. Pilots deny walk out. https://www.yahoo.com/now/southwest-pilo...00141.html

[SBH]

I had to take my wife to the airport yesterday for a flight to Honolulu and the place was packed with stranded Southwest customers. Many were in line at Hawaiian Airlines to pay $200 for a 35 minute flight to Honolulu. Of course Hawaiian took advantage and raised their price for those stranded passengers.

[Obie]

Hate to dredge up on old thread but Southwest has now outdone themselves.

I have no idea why anyone would want to fly on that airline.

[kalakoa]

I have no idea why anyone would want to fly on that airline.

I have even less of an idea why people would willingly choose to live somewhere that requires an airline for basic necessities like medical care and participation in government ... but people will do what they do.

[My 2 cents]

How's Texas working out for you?

[Durian Fiend]

...I have no idea why anyone would want to fly on that airline.

Really?  The answer is:  Cheap tickets.