Delta Christmas 2021 COVID Related Cancellation and Delay Thread
Dec 23, 2021, 11:51 am
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Delta Christmas 2021 COVID Related Cancellation and Delay Thread
Does anyone know why this flight is already delayed and if it will stay delayed? Inbound is arriving on time tonight so seems strange.
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Dec 23, 2021, 11:54 am
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Could be crew availability-related. For example they may have had to reassign crew to this flight who need to fulfill minimum rest requirements from their previous flight
Dec 23, 2021, 11:58 am
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But I suspect nobody knows how the story plays out tomorrow. You are at a hub, so DL has plenty of ways to swap crews and equipment around overnight.
Nothing to do but keep an eye out.
Dec 23, 2021, 1:39 pm
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DL is currently at 39 cancellations while UA is at 47 according to Flightaware. B6 and AS look to be in similar territory percentage wise. I'd say there's some possible staffing issues here, but wouldn't exactly call it a "meltdown" yet.
Dec 23, 2021, 2:05 pm
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edit: looking through the already cancelled flights for tomorrow and Saturday, it looks like transcons, ATL-Florida, and hub-hub are primarily being impacted right now.
Last edited by ekozie; Dec 23, 2021 at 2:10 pm
Dec 23, 2021, 2:30 pm
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas meltdown. I was going to surprise my mom tomorrow night but Delta ruined it. How many holidays has this happened now? Don’t worry though, Ed says everything’s fine.
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Dec 23, 2021, 2:40 pm
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Oops, that's for today. For tomorrow, DL is currently at 43 and United is at 97 (about 5% of UA flights). They are both at about 20 cancellations for Saturday currently.
Dec 23, 2021, 2:48 pm
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DL is also proactively offering free rebooking for SEA/SLC flights for 25th/26th. Sounds like they doing a good job trying to get people where they want to be.
Dec 23, 2021, 3:23 pm
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Yes, 44 cancellation is a meltdown. They suck when happen, but just because a few happen doesn't mean a meltdown. As xiloper notes, UA has twice as many currently.
DL is also proactively offering free rebooking for SEA/SLC flights for 25th/26th. Sounds like they doing a good job trying to get people where they want to be.
DL is also proactively offering free rebooking for SEA/SLC flights for 25th/26th. Sounds like they doing a good job trying to get people where they want to be.
Dec 23, 2021, 3:37 pm
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now up to 41 cancelled today, 52 tomorrow, and (unch) 22 on saturday
edit 5:48: up to 79 tomorrow (17 more cancels in the last 11 minutes). it's beginning to look like a christmas meltdown.
edit 5:56: TPG is reporting on the cancellations at UA: https://thepointsguy.com/news/airlin...cancellations/
edit 5:48: up to 79 tomorrow (17 more cancels in the last 11 minutes). it's beginning to look like a christmas meltdown.
edit 5:56: TPG is reporting on the cancellations at UA: https://thepointsguy.com/news/airlin...cancellations/
Last edited by ekozie; Dec 23, 2021 at 3:56 pm
Dec 23, 2021, 4:03 pm
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My late evening MCO-ATL Christmas Day flight got canceled and was rebooked to a morning Christmas Day flight (which won’t work) so had to reschedule to the 26th.
Dec 23, 2021, 4:26 pm
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Yes, 44 cancellation is a meltdown. They suck when happen, but just because a few happen doesn't mean a meltdown. As xiloper notes, UA has twice as many currently.
DL is also proactively offering free rebooking for SEA/SLC flights for 25th/26th. Sounds like they doing a good job trying to get people where they want to be.
DL is also proactively offering free rebooking for SEA/SLC flights for 25th/26th. Sounds like they doing a good job trying to get people where they want to be.
Dec 23, 2021, 4:40 pm
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Dec 23, 2021, 4:46 pm
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