Southwest cancelled 194 flights, or 5% of its schedule, according to flight-tracking site FlightAware. More than 800, or 23% of the day's schedule were delayed, the site said. About 130 American flights, or 4% of the schedule were canceled and close to 700, about 23%, were delayed, Flightaware data showed.
Airlines and airports are also scrambling to ensure they have enough staff for the peak summer season. Carriers were prohibited from involuntarily furloughing workers in exchange for $54 billion in federal payroll support. But airlines did turn to voluntary measures and urged employees to take buyouts, early retirement or temporary leaves of absence during the pandemic. Several are trying to hire or call them them back as well as hire temporary or new full-time staff to handle the increase in demand.
"This summer is not going to be easy financially or operationally, and call outs make this time even more challenging," said Ed Baklor, JetBlue's vice president of inflight experience, in a memo reviewed by CNBC.
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