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Spirit and American airlines again cancel hundreds of flights
Passengers form a line that extends outside LAX Terminal 5 on Tuesday morning. Spirit and American airlines canceled an additional 700 flights Tuesday.
(Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
By Mary Schlangenstein
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American Airlines Group Inc. and Spirit Airlines Inc. canceled nearly 700 more flights Tuesday, stranding thousands of passengers and stoking concerns that crew shortages are adding to problems that initially were caused by weather and technology issues.
American canceled 305 flights, or 10% of its schedule, after grounding 563 on Monday, according to FlightAware.com. The scrubbed service followed a weekend of storms that hit the carrier’s Dallas-Fort Worth International and Miami International hubs. Spirit parked 380 flights Tuesday equivalent to 55% of its schedule following 334 on Monday, hit by weather and other challenges.