To make holiday travel even worse, fliers were hit with a mass of cancellations to start the year, leaving those who wanted the airline industry to change in 2022 disappointed.
On Saturday, airlines canceled 4,715 flights, including 2,732 flights connected to the U.S., according to FlightAware, a tracking service.
The cancellations didn’t stop on the second day of 2022 either, with 2,100 flights across the nation being canceled on Sunday, according to FlightAware.
Along with the cancellations came 12,000 weekend delays worldwide, marking the most significant disruption since the days before Christmas when COVID-19 cases forced airlines to cancel a mass of flights.
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In the last week of 2021, a total of 12,000 domestic flights were canceled, and the most recent wave was due to inclement weather hitting the country. Going back to Christmas Eve, there have been 15,000 canceled flights.
To get shifts filled, airlines have incentivized their staff with double and triple pay in an attempt to get through the holiday season—which usually ends mid-January.
Thanks to winter weather, more than 500 of Sunday’s canceled flights are to or from Chicago, and nearly 200 are to or from Denver.
As for what airlines are canceling flights, Southwest Airlines has canceled 410 flights, Delta Airlines has canceled 161, JetBlue Airways has canceled 169, and American Airlines has canceled 136.
