The airline's external affairs manager, Tim Thompson, told Alaska's New Source that most of the reductions would focus on the Lower 48.

Mass flight cancelations ran into the new year as the Omicron variant continued to cause staffing issues and bad weather disrupted operations.

Airlines have cut around 20,000 flights since Christmas Eve, including 3,000 on Thursday, according to data from FlightAware.

The move comes in addition to the bonuses offered to pilots and flight attendants to show up to their shifts this season

Only three airlines had more than 20% of their flights canceled or delayed over the two-year period, a study found.

The airline said it expects its flights to stabilize and that it is beefing up hiring to avoid similar situations during the upcoming holiday season.

The five-hour hiccup crippled the carrier's network, displacing flight crews and aircraft and leaving passengers delayed for hours at airports or forced to overnight.

Southwest Airlines canceled over 2,000 flights and left thousands of passengers stranded as it tried to get back on track earlier in October.

Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly issued a formal apology to customers on Thursday after its weekend meltdown that impacted thousands of passengers.

During a weekend of thousands of cancelled flights, a bride blames Southwest Airlines after the chaos forced her parents to miss her wedding.

Southwest Airlines' chief operating officer Mike Van de Ven told employees in a video on Sunday that a "staffing cushion" is needed to prevent further schedule reductions this winter.

Southwest Airlines canceled nearly 2,000 flights over the weekend due to staffing shortages and scheduling issues, not a pilot protest.

The airline has been experiencing a "high level of cancellations" caused by hazardous weather conditions.

JetBlue Airways canceled or delayed over half of its flights yesterday, leaving passengers stranded for hours.

American said it may cancel more than 50 flights per day through July as airlines and TSA struggle with staffing amid a surge in travel, ABC reported.

JetBlue is offering free flight cancellations or changes on all newly-booked flights, as people grow increasingly worried about travelling during the deadly coronavirus outbreak. JetBlue is the first US airline to offer such a policy on all routes, though some other airlines are offering similar conditions to people who booked […]

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