On Thursday morning, more than 600 flights were canceled throughout the country by airlines as Texas thunderstorms hampered activity at one of the busiest airports for a second consecutive day.
According to the flight-tracking website Flightaware.com, 1,213 flights were cancelled nationwide on Wednesday.
A combination of thunderstorms and clouds, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), may cause aircraft delays at a number of hubs. More than 2,000 domestic, international, and transatlantic flights experienced delays.
According to an internal memo obtained by the media, American Airlines Group Inc. (AAL.O) claimed “unexpected and heavy” thunderstorms had affected operations at its busiest hub at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, resulting in the cancellation of numerous flights on Wednesday and Thursday.
According to data from Flightaware.com, the airline cancelled 368 flights on Wednesday and more than 300 as of Thursday morning.
The worst storm this summer at DFW, according to American Airlines Chief Operating Officer David Seymour, was this one.
In a statement sent by email, Southwest spokeswoman Chris Perry said, “We are working through some residual affects this morning.”
Numerous American airlines were forced to cancel thousands of flights in June as a result of poor weather and a lack of workers.
