ORLANDO, Fla. – American Airlines appears to have suffered from dozens of canceled flights on Tuesday at Orlando International Airport, according to flight-tracking company FlightAware.
FlightAware’s website states that 60 of American Airlines’ flights were canceled on Tuesday — approximately 56% in total. Meanwhile, 32 flights were delayed.
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News 6 reached out to the airline for more information, and a representative for the airline directed our team to a release warning about cold weather impacts.
More specifically, the release says that American Airlines is working “around the clock” to fully restore operations after “significant impacts” stemming from Winter Storm Fern.
“Cancellations are not what we want for our customers or our team members, and teams across the airline are working diligently to minimize them,” the release reads.
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According to the release, five of American Airlines’ nine hub airports were significantly impacted by the storm, including Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport (DFW).
The conditions on the ground at these airports — and the dynamic nature of those conditions — have made it extremely difficult to operate," the release continues. “In DFW, for example, there were 10 different unique weather conditions involving ice pellets, snow and freezing rain — and the weather conditions changed a total of 23 times throughout one day."
American Airlines doesn’t appear to be alone in this struggle, though.
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FlightAware’s numbers on Tuesday night show that several other major airlines suffered heavy delays. This includes:
- JetBlue: 9 cancellations, 32 delays
- Delta Air Lines: 6 cancellations, 24 delays
- Southwest: 1 cancellation, 81 delays
- Spirit: 1 cancellation, 11 delays
- United: 1 cancellation, 11 delays
As of roughly 11 p.m., FlightAware showed that flights leaving MCO had over 40 cancellations and nearly 130 delays on Tuesday. Destinations like Dallas, Philadelphia, Chicago and New York City also showed major delays and cancellations.
However, that pales compared to the figures over the weekend, when the airport reportedly had over 400 canceled flights within the span of a day.