More than 1,600 Southwest flights were delayed Tuesday, while 140 were canceled.
tries to recover following last week’s major travel chaos, the airline was hit by a weather system outage Tuesday that caused disruption again for passengers.
More than 1,600 Southwest flights were delayed Tuesday, while 140 were canceled, according to flight-tracking site"Southwest flights continued to operate Tuesday evening after our third-party vendor, IBM, experienced a brief outage in their service that provides weather data prior to Southwest dispatching flights," a spokesperson with Southwest told FOX Television Stations Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the airline reported "solid progress" with a 99.1% system completion rate from Dec. 30, 2022, through Jan. 1. The carrier said it expects that "nearly all baggage delayed during the recent holiday travel week to be shipped or delivered by midweek." The airline confirmed that "significantly impacted customers" whose flights were scheduled to operate between Christmas Eve and Jan. 2, 2023, but were canceled or delayed greater than three hours, would receiveBusiness expert speaks on future of Southwest Airlines
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