If you plan to travel through the Orlando Airport soon, you may need to prepare for some bad news. We all know that weather-related flight delays and cancelations happen constantly, but sometimes, flight plans can change even on a clear, sunny day.
Orlando International Airport
Thousands of travelers flying in and out of Orlando International Airport are dealing with major flight cancelation news.
On Friday, October 20th, at least 45 Spirit Airlines flights were canceled at Orlando Airport, according to local news affiliate Click Orlando.
Spirit Airlines
Spirit Airlines stated that the cancelations are due to ongoing aircraft inspections. In fact, Spirit noted in a statement that flights may be impacted over a multi-day period:
“While this action is being taken out of an abundance of caution, the impact to our network is expected to last several days as we complete the inspections and work to return to normal operations. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to take care of affected Guests. Our Guests are advised to monitor their email and check their flight status on spirit.com or the Spirit Airlines App before heading to the airport.”
Orlando Airport
Click Orlando reported that 25 planes will be inspected. If you were planning to fly with Spirit over the weekend of October 20th, you may need to rethink your travel plans.
Spirit Airlines at Orlando Airport
UPDATE: As of the evening of October 20th, reports show that Spirit canceled 11% of the flights scheduled for the day, according to flight tracking service FlightAware. Spirit Airlines canceled about 100 flights on October 20th due to inspections. The flight disruptions continued on October 21st, with dozens more cancelations reported Saturday morning.
Click here to read more about the additional flight cancelations on October 21st.
In the meantime, we’re always on the lookout for the latest Disney news, so stay tuned for more.
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Hmmm, I just had a Spirit flight re-routed to Ft. Lauderdale on Dec. 4th. It was a direct from Hartford to Orlando, but then was re-routed thru Ft. Lauderdale with a 2 hour delay and plane change. This has never happened to me before and I fly every month with Spirit. I don’t get it.
There is a reason why Spirit is rated as one of the worse airlines.