Originally Posted by
PA815
I might be missing something, but why have there been so many mainline DL cancellations lately?
7% of flights canceled Friday, 12% yesterday, 9% today. UA had issues with ORD and EWR (and DEN on Friday), and AA with major DFW problems, but their cancellations are nowhere close to DL’s numbers.
Three days in a row of significant cancellations seems high, especially when AA and UA have hubs in the same regions.
This has been discussed/debated extensively throughout this thread, and it seems unlikely any new conclusions will be reached. But *both* MSP and DTW were very hard hit the past few days and shut down for periods. This came right after some awful days of thunderstorms in Atlanta and tornados in the Ozarks, so a lot of bad weather conditions hitting at once.
https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/flight-cancellations-delay-spring-break-plans-for-travelers-at-msp-airport/89-ee0993dd-c36f-4893-9a84-75c0a491de8c
https://www.freep.com/story/travel/michigan/2023/03/03/dtw-closes-flights-canceled-delayed/69969936007/