US EditionPost-Thanksgiving Flight Delays Could Continue Into Beginning of Week
Over 12,000 flight delays and 1,400 cancellations hit major U.S. airports as a winter storm and FAA-mandated Airbus software updates disrupted holiday travel.
- On Sunday, FlightAware reported 12,113 inbound and outbound flight delays and 1,424 cancellations across the United States, disrupting holiday travelers' plans.
- FAA-Mandated software updates flagged thousands of Airbus A320-family jets for removal from schedules, while National Weather Service offices issued winter-storm warnings from Montana to Ohio amid a powerful Midwest and Great Lakes snowstorm.
- JetBlue canceled approximately 170 flights while installing mandated software on Airbus A320 and A321 models, expecting completion for nearly 120 aircraft by Sunday morning with 30 remaining.
- By Saturday night, Chicago airports canceled more than 1,400 flights, Detroit airports faced over 300 delays and dozens of cancellations, and Providence, Rhode Island, saw a fire under three Amtrak train cars.
- Asked whether the updates would be finished Sunday or continue into Monday, a JetBlue source said it was `working as quickly as possible`, while Frontier completed updates Sunday with no impact and Spirit expected to finish Saturday.
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Post-Thanksgiving flight delays could continue into beginning of week
Widespread post-Thanksgiving flight delays due to winter weather could continue through the beginning of the week, according to officials.
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