Southwest Airlines cancelled over 2,000 flights on Monday, leaving travelers stranded after a holiday weekend of brutal winter storms.
Southwest Airlines canceled a staggering number of its flights Monday in the wake of last week’s winter storm, leaving customers stranded in airports across the country and its customer-service lines overwhelmed.
. As of Monday afternoon, Southwest had canceled 2,684 flights, accounting for roughly 66 percent of its total flight schedule for the day., Southwest said it was experiencing ““disruptions across our network.” Those cancellations played out live in airports across the country, where stranded passengers posted video on social media of huge lines at customer service and baggage claims filled with stacks of luggage.
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