Travel hassles continued for American Airlines passengers Monday as the carrier canceled more than 300 flights — bringing its total number of cancellations since Friday to over 2,000.
There were 376 canceled American Airlines flights as of 1:30 p.m. ET Monday, representing 13 percent of the airline’s scheduled flights, according to the flight tracker site Flight Aware. Another 375 flights were delayed.
“It said choose another flight, but they don’t have flights available,” passenger Monica Velez, who did not get a text that her flight back home to Detroit was canceled until she arrived at Miami International Airport, told NBC 6 South Florida over the weekend. “I have to work Monday, and I have a 9-year-old at home.”
The airline has cited staffing shortages and bad weather for the disruptions to its schedule.
On Saturday, American Airlines Chief Operating Officer David Seymour said in a staff note obtained by CNBC that the problems began with high wind gustsThursday that cut runway capacity at its hub at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, creating a domino effect that resulted in crew members unable to be in position for their next flights.
Pilot and flight attendant availability was listed as the reason for most of the cancellations on Saturday and Sunday, according to internal tallies
