Southwest Airlines flight cancellations at Midway and O'Hare have left thousands of travelers stranded in the wake of Winter Storm Elliott.
Holiday travelers continue to deal with flight delays and cancellations from a nearly week-long winter storm, especially those flying Southwest Airlines.Holiday travelers continue to deal with flight delays and cancellations from a nearly week-long winter storm, especially those flying Southwest Airlines.Southwest had canceled an unprecedented 2,601 flights nationwide, or 64% of all their Monday flights, ABC News reported. Phone lines have crashed due to the sheer volume of calls.
"I left New Orleans two and a half days ago. Cancelled. Delayed. Cancelled. Delayed. Cancelled," said Carolyn Irving, who was trying to find her bags. "Hopefully I can find my luggage because medication is in it. Gifts are in it. But you call, nobody's picking up." Southwest issued a statement addressing the situation, writing in part, "We are still experiencing disruptions across our network as a result of Winter Storm Elliott's lingering effects on the totality of our operation. With the weather now considerably more favorable, we continue work to stabilize and improve our operation.
Hundreds of flights canceled each day out of O'Hare and Midway. Thousands, canceled or delayed nationwide."Got stuck here," Ayana Ortiz said. "Flight got canceled so now we're just hanging around waiting to see if they will re-book us.""A little frustrating," she said. "We chose the early flight in order to get back sooner and get in bed. But it didn't turn out that way.
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