Southwest cuts the flights of these 3 major cities, from June
The carrier is one of the many fall routes this summer.
The last two years have been difficult for theairline, as airlines had to adapt to travel during a pandemic. But even if the cocovated situation has improved, the challenges have hardly relaxed. In the United States, the main airlines must now fight against staff shortages in the midst of an increased travel request. As a result, the most than99 million passengers Who came to count on Southwest Airlines could have trouble reserving certain flights this summer. Read more to find out where this low -cost airline cuts flights in June.
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Southwest has already reduced a number of flights this year.
Like many other carriers, Southwest Airlines has already canceled a number of flights in 2022. According to theHouston Chronicle, the airline companylost 65,000 flights of his spring schedule earlier this year. "The [Southwest] flight calendar is currently published until September 5, 2022 and, as was previously revealed, the company recently reduced its flight schedules published for March to May 2022 due to continuous challenges with the available staff "Said the airline in a regulatory file in March in March.
But the carrier is now cutting more flights in June.
The cuts are far from over. Southwest Airlinestook an ax Thousands of its interior flight roads scheduled for June 2022,Business journals Report on April 25. According to the media, data from the CIRIUM aeronautical analysis company showed that the carrier originally had 119,039 interior flights scheduled for this month. But the southwest reduces 8,250 of these flights, reducing its June 6.9%calendar.
Southwest's newly abandoned flights will mainly affect some big cities.
Denver travelers, Colorado,have the most impact by the last southwest cuts. According to Simple Flying, the carrier reduced almost 10% of its June flights for Denver International Airport, abandoning its national schedule for this city by 814 flights. Baltimore International Airport / Washington Thurgood Marshall also obtains a heavy cup, losing 717 flights, by simple flight.
And another big hit city is Louisville, Kentucky. According toBusiness journals, Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport fell at 327 departures from June compared to a planned flight of 353.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Other airlines have also started cutting summer flights.
Airlines generally finalize their schedules 90 days before departures, according toBusiness journals. And while many other airlines have also made cuts for June, none was as drastic as that of Southwest. Delta reduced its national calendar for the month of June by 517 flights, while American Airlines dropped only 83 flights for the same month. Cirium data has shown that if United Airlines has in fact increased its June calendar by adding 319 domestic flights, it has already reduced 3,785 flights for July.
Southwest officials saidBusiness journals that the carrier has continuously adapted its flight calendar throughout the pandemic cocorate according to its capacity. But the pilot shortage is also an important factor in these decisions.Peter Greenberg, a editor -in -chief of CBS News Travel, said Major Airlinesmust do Large -scale flight cancellations for the summer, mainly because there are "not enough drivers, not enough cabin crew. And they cannot literally have the schedule they have".
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