just announced it will be 1500 daily flights cancelled:
Southwest Airlines plans to cancel 1,500 daily flights beginning Friday as the airline and its competitors take increasingly dramatic steps to offset historic declines in travel demand from the
coronavirus crisis.
The increased flight cuts, up from a planned 1,000 daily flight cancellations announced just days ago and put in place Sunday, were disclosed in a memo to employees Monday. A copy of the memo was obtained by USA TODAY.
They come a day after Southwest CEO Gary Kelly told employees in a videotaped message that the airline is in the "fight of our lives'' to protect the company and its operations.
"The pandemic and the government response have sunk passenger levels and future bookings to unimaginable lows across the industry,'' he said.
Southwest, the nation's largest domestic carrier, has about 4,000 daily flights, so the latest cuts represent a nearly 40% reduction.
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