<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by stef315:
This happens all the time in Alaska. It's usually because there are not enough passengers on the flight.
I've had the 10:30 flight from Barrow to Anchorage cancelled due to "mechanical difficulties." They just rebooked me on the 7pm! That's 8 1/2 hours. I asked if it was just delayed since it was mechanical and they said "No. Cancelled." Of course this was at about 9:30. They already knew they couldn't get the plane fixed.
I usually just go with it up here but that bugged me because it was a Saturday. I had been gone for awhile and had to be at work on Monday. The flight arrived around 10pm so I basically had Sunday for my weekend (which included doing all the laundry from the trip!).
I'd say it sucks but 1 1/2 hours isn't that long. Maybe I'm just used to it. I usually plan on about an hour delay of some sort. </font>
It's quite rare that an airline would cancel a flight because of loads. In this case, the plane that's going to NY has to pick up passengers in NY to go to its next destinations. Cancelling this flight would create a domino effect.