Over the weekend and lasting into Monday, Southwest Airlines canceled a substantial number of flights.

Southwest Airlines

Between the three days, the airline cancelled more than 2,000 flights. Just what are things looking like now? We’ve got a bit of an update.

Thus far, on October 12th, Southwest has only cancelled 87 flights, or 2% of their schedule, according to CNBC. CNBC notes that this could be a sign that Southwest is “stabilizing its operation” after the substantial number of flight delays and cancellations that took place over the weekend.

Southwest 50th Plane

Southwest reported that bad weather and air traffic control problems in Florida started the issues, which were then made worse by staffing shortages.

Southwest Airlines CEO Gary Kelly recently told CNBC, “When an airline gets behind, it’s really hard to catch up.”

View from the plane

The airline had already scaled back their fall schedule due to disruptions that occurred during the summer. Southwest’s chief operating officer who was recently promoted to president, Mike Van de Ven, reportedly “told staff on Sunday that it could cut its schedule further and that it is trying to build a ‘staffing cushion.'”

Empty Airplane

For now, it seems that fewer cancellations are being made. We’ll be sure to keep an eye out for more updates.

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