Delta Air Lines, trying to get back to normal after thunderstorms wreaked havoc on flight schedules, had to scrub about 130 more flights Sunday, reports CNN.
“The operation continues to stabilize … as things normalize,” said Michael Thomas, a spokesman for the No. 2 US airline.
Separately, a statement from Delta said more cancellations are “possible.” The statement cited the “availability of flight crews to operate within federally mandated crew rest and duty day guidelines.”
Delta had canceled around 3,275 flights through Saturday after powerful mid-week storms stranded and frustrated passengers during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year.
Delta Chief Operating Officer Gil West called the storms that pounded Atlanta “unprecedented” and acknowledged the recovery effort could have been better.
The severe weather battered the mid-Atlantic region, the Northeast and Georgia, causing tornado-like conditions around Delta’s hub, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, through which 60% of its 1,250-aircraft fleet passes each day.
Delta has one of the most enviable track records in the airline industry. The carrier had 161 days in 2016 without a cancellation on its mainline operations. Read more at CNN.
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