Almost 2,000 flights canceled on Sunday in the US
Nearly 2,000 flights were already canceled in the U.S. as of Sunday morning as airlines grapple with a spike in COVID-19 cases and inclement weather. A total of 1,956 flights within, into or out of the U.S. were canceled as of 8:30 a.m. ET on Sunday, according to FlightAware. Another 870 flights within, into or out of the U.S. had been delayed.
Southwest recorded 264 cancellations on Sunday, JetBlue reported 169 canceled flights and Delta followed with 161 cancellations. American Airlines canceled 136 flights on Sunday, and United called off 94 trips.
In the past 10 days airlines have canceled more than 14,000 flights in the U.S. according to a CNN tally of FlightAware statistics.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) warned that more travel delays are likely in the coming days because of COVID-19 infections among FAA employees and “weather and heavy seasonal traffic.”
The CEO of Delta last month asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to shorten quarantine guidelines for COVID-19 breakthrough cases. Last week, the health agency recommended that individuals who test positive for COVID-19 and are asymptomatic should isolate for five days instead of 10.
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