Wintry weather and flight cancellations during the holidays grounded what had been an improving outlook for the air travel industry.
With inclement weather and a major Southwest Airlines disruption during holiday travel, San Antonio-based flyers were especially hard-hit, the city's director of airports said.
Then, on Dec. 21, about the same time a major winter storm began to sweep across the country, grounding planes, Southwest Airlines canceled thousands of flights nationwide due to a systems error that stranded pilots and passengers. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again.
During December and the first four days of January, about 503,000 passengers flew through the San Antonio airport. That’s up from about 432,000 during the same period in the previous year but down from the over 888,000 recorded passengers in December 2019. In the parking garages and rental car facilities, the cold snap that hit San Antonio just before Christmas also made navigating the airport more difficult when freezing temperatures caused some escalators to shut down. Such situations are unavoidable, Saenz said.
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