Americans returning home from holiday travel had to battle another day of airport chaos Sunday, with more than 2,400 flights cancelled due to bad weather or airline staffing woes sparked by a surge in Covid cases.
Further disruptions are predicted for Monday, as a winter storm blows eastward.
As of Sunday afternoon, 2,462 domestic flights or international ones starting or finishing in the United States had been canceled - almost as many as the 2,749 scrapped over the course of Saturday, said the flight-tracking service FlightAware.
That midday figure represented well more than half of the 4,120 flights canceled around the world.
Additionally, another 5,489 US flights were delayed.
Americans returning home from holiday travel had to battle another day of airport chaos Sunday, with 2,462 flights cancelled due to bad weather or airline staffing woes sparked by a surge in Covid cases. Additionally, another 5,489 US flights were delayed
SkyWest, which operates more than 200 American cities on behalf of Delta, United, American Eagle and Alaska, was hit the hardest and cancelled 517 of their flights on Sunday
SkyWest, which operates more than 200 American cities on behalf of Delta, United, American Eagle and Alaska, cancelled 517 of their flights on Sunday - the most of any airline worldwide.
Twenty-one percent of the airline's scheduled flights were cancelled to cities including Albuquerque, Boise, Burbank, Fresno, Los Angeles, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Reno, Milwaukee, Omaha and Tuscon.
Meanwhile, Southwest Airlines halted 419 and a spokesperson said that they were expecting the figure to increase by the end of the day.
Other popular airlines weren't hit as hard: Delta called off 175, JetBlue cancelled 169, American Airlines 153 and Spirit 81.
The cancellations resulted in intense frustration for many travelers, who took to Twitter to express their woes about cancelled flights and connections.
Travelers took to Twitter to express their woes about cancelled flights and connections
One user tweeted: 'My flight got cancelled today, should I take it as a sign to just stay in San Diego and abandon my former life for 2022?'
Another wrote: 'One more cancelled flight and imma take a flight from the roof of this b****.'
On Saturday, many cancellations were caused by poor weather - much of it linked to Winter Storm Frida, which hit the southern Great Plains and the Great Lakes regions with heavy snowfall, ice and freezing temperatures.
The storm forced Southwest to cancel 490 flights after they issued a statement ahead of the weekend stating services would be interrupted in Denver, Chicago and Milwaukee.
