More than 1,000 flights were canceled Saturday morning in addition to the 2,300 flight cancellations on Friday.
Delta Airlines blamed bad weather and “air traffic control actions” for Friday’s cancellations.
Airlines are also preemptively canceling Monday flights.
CNN reported:
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More than 1,000 flights were canceled as of Saturday morning, according to flight tracking website FlightAware, after 2,300 cancellations on Friday.
Delta Air Lines (DAL) is most affected by the cancellations, with more than 230 flights, or 8% of its operations, axed on Saturday. Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, where Delta is headquartered and has its largest hub, is heavily affected by the travel snags.
The carrier blamed Saturday’s cancellations on bad weather and “air traffic control actions” on Friday, saying it is trying to cancel flights at least 24 hours in advance.
United canceled 23 flights and JetBlue canceled 10 Saturday, about 1% of the carriers’ operations.