The hose attributed the cancellations to issues with aerial postulation power and disruptive weather

FILE - This July 17, 2019 record photograph shows Southwest Airlines planes astatine Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport successful Phoenix. Southwest Airlines President Tom Nealon, who was erstwhile seen arsenic a starring campaigner for CEO but was passed implicit this year, has retired. Southwest said Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, that Nealon, 60, volition inactive service arsenic an advisor focusing connected biology issues, including plans to trim c emissions. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

FILE - This July 17, 2019 record photograph shows Southwest Airlines planes astatine Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport successful Phoenix. Southwest Airlines President Tom Nealon, who was erstwhile seen arsenic a starring campaigner for CEO but was passed implicit this year, has retired. Southwest said Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, that Nealon, 60, volition inactive service arsenic an advisor focusing connected biology issues, including plans to trim c emissions. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File) (Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

If you’re flying determination for Columbus Day, don’t beryllium amazed if you brushwood immoderate delays oregon cancellations, particularly if you’re flying with Southwest Airlines.

The Dallas-based hose institution canceled implicit 1,000 flights connected Sunday alone, according to flight-tracking website, Flightaware.com.

As of 1:00 p.m. CT, Southwest has canceled 1,018 flights with an further 438 flights being delayed. This is an summation from Saturday, erstwhile the hose canceled 808 flights, according to Flightaware.

The reason? The hose says it’s owed to issues with aerial postulation power and disruptive weather.

ATC issues and disruptive upwind person resulted successful a precocious measurement of cancellations throughout the play portion we enactment to retrieve our operation. We admit your patience arsenic we accommodate affected Customers, and Customer Service hold times are longer than usual. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/o1scQJ5lLb

— Southwest Airlines (@SouthwestAir) October 9, 2021

Data shows different airlines person besides had cancelations, but not adjacent arsenic galore arsenic Southwest. Flightaware reported American Airlines had 63 cancellations, Spirit Airlines had 32 cancellations and United had 9 cancellations arsenic of 1:00 p.m CT Sunday.

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Due to a deficiency of cancellations among different airlines, this leads immoderate to judge the emergence successful cancellations could beryllium the effect of a staffing shortage with aerial postulation control.

However, The Federal Aviation Administration said determination person been nary aerial postulation staffing shortages since Friday.

No FAA aerial postulation staffing shortages person been reported since Friday.

Flight delays & cancellations occurred for a fewer hours Friday PM owed to wide terrible weather, subject training, & constricted staffing successful 1 country of the Jacksonville en way center.
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— The FAA ✈️ (@FAANews) October 10, 2021

Southwest has encountered galore issues with operations truthful acold this autumn season, according to a report from USA Today. The hose is inactive reportedly moving to get operations backmost connected way and is hiring much workers to alleviate a staffing shortage.

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Emily Martin is simply a integer shaper trainee astatine KSAT. She earned a journalism grade from Texas State University, wherever she was quality manager astatine KTSW, the field vigor station. She has besides interned astatine KXAN and KUT successful Austin.