Why delta cancelled flights today

Over Thanksgiving and Christmas, the busiest travel times of , Delta canceled hundreds of flights because of similar staffing issues; it said it canceled over flights before Christmas and over Thanksgiving. A pandemic record number of passengers flew in the US over Easter weekend: About 1. Pilots are grounded for 48 hours after receiving a COVID vaccine, per Federal Aviation Administration rules, because the side effects can affect their ability to safely operate an aircraft, Insider reported in December.

Delta houses a vaccination megasite in Atlanta at the Delta Flight Museum. Some travelers who booked with Delta to take advantage of its policy of blocking middle seats — the major differentiator between Delta and its rivals in — found themselves with a seat neighbor.

Delta was forced to book some middle seats, a policy scheduled to take effect in May , to accommodate travelers on canceled flights. More Americans are eager to fly as vaccine rollouts accelerate and as stimulus checks hit their accounts.

Delta, based in Atlanta, was criticized last week over its response to Georgia's new restrictive voting law and has faced calls for boycotts. CEO Ed Bastian initially expressed some support for the law, which critics have said amounts to voter suppression, but he later denounced it.

Since , SkyWest has flown more than 43 million passengers. Earlier this month, Southwest Airlines canceled more than 2, flights as it grappled with a staffing shortage, air traffic control issues and poor weather conditions. View the discussion thread.

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Roughly of American Airlines' flights were impacted Thursday and about 50 more were affected Friday, the airline told USA TODAY, adding that it's been working to re-accommodate passengers and provide hotel vouchers as needed.