Flight cancellations and delays continue Monday at Boston’s Logan International Airport after travelers were stuck in terminals for hours over the weekend. As of 9:45 a.m. Monday, FlightAware reported 50 cancellations and 62 delays. More than 100 flights in or out of Logan Airport were canceled and more than 200 were delayed on Sunday. The vast majority of cancellations have been JetBlue flights, leaving baggage stuck and frustrating customers, and on Saturday, FlightAware reported that Logan saw a total of 79 flight cancellations and 243 total delays. JetBlue accounted for 33 of those canceled flights and 131 of the delayed flights to or from Boston on Saturday. Other major airlines with fewer cancellations and delays at Logan Airport this weekend included Spirit, Southwest, America, Delta, Frontier and Alaska. , and Allegiant. The number of flight cancellations and delays in Boston and across the country leads to checked bags being separated from passengers, and thus baggage backlog. A JetBlue spokesperson said the number of flight delays and cancellations is not specific to JetBlue, and that severe weather in the Southeast and multiple air traffic control delay programs have made significant impacts on the industry over the past several days. the weather. The main culprit – there are a lot of things, but the main culprit – is a lack of pilots, as well as a lack of flight attendants and a mechanical shortage. The airline industry is facing the same thing as a lot of other industries,” said Tom Kenton of Kinton Aviation Consulting. According to the Transportation Workers Federation of America, Ed Backclure, JetBlue’s head of customer service and programs, issued a statement on March 28 that noted that operational issues in JetBlue is caused by the flight attendants’ refusal to accept assignments. The union, in a press release, said Bachlor’s statement could not be further from the truth. “It is time for JetBlue to stop playing the blame game with their flight attendants,” said Gary Peterson, Vice President of TWU International And Director of the Aviation Division, in a union statement. “Our hosts attended and kept this airline flying during the pandemic. Now is the time for management to show them.” Flight attendants are not the cause of these problems. They are the reason customers are returning to JetBlue, John Samuelsen, president of TWU International, said in a union statement. “TWU is ready to meet on these issues immediately. It’s time for JetBlue to take responsibility for poor management decisions and come to a table to negotiate real solutions that will address the real problems.”
Flight cancellations and delays continue Monday at Boston’s Logan International Airport after travelers were stuck in terminals for hours over the weekend.
As of 9:45 a.m. Monday, FlightAware has reported 50 flight cancellations and 62 delays.
More than 100 flights in or out of Logan Airport were canceled and more than 200 were delayed on Sunday. The vast majority of cancellations were JetBlue flights, causing stranded baggage and customer frustration.
On Saturday, FlightAware reported that Logan saw 79 total flight cancellations and 243 total delays. JetBlue accounted for 33 of those canceled flights and 131 of the delayed flights to or from Boston on Saturday.
Other major airlines that reported fewer cancellations and delays at Logan Airport this weekend include Spirit, Southwest, American, Delta, Frontier, Alaska and Allegiant.
The number of cancellations and delays for flights in Boston and across the country leads to checked bags being separated from passengers, and thus baggage backlog.
A JetBlue spokesperson said the number of flight delays and cancellations is not specific to JetBlue, and that severe weather in the Southeast and multiple air traffic control delay programs have made significant impacts on the industry over the past several days.
“It’s a lot more than the weather. The main culprit – there are a lot of things, but the main culprit – is a shortage of pilots, as well as a lack of flight attendants and a lack of mechanics. The aviation industry is facing the same thing as a lot of others,” said Tom Kenton of Kinton Aviation Consulting.
According to the Transportation Workers Federation of America, Ed Backclure, JetBlue’s head of customer service and software, issued a statement on March 28 that indicated operational problems at JetBlue were caused by flight attendants refusing to accept assignments. union said, In a press releasethat Bachlor’s statement could not be further from the truth.
“It’s time for JetBlue to stop playing the blame game on their hosts,” Gary Peterson, TWU International Vice President and Director of Air Division, said in the union statement. “Our hosts attended and kept this airline flying during the pandemic. Now is the time for management to show them.”
Flight attendants are not the cause of these problems. They’re the reason customers are returning to JetBlue, John Samuelsen, president of TWU International, said in the union statement. “The TWU is ready to meet on these issues immediately. It is time for JetBlue to take responsibility for poor management decisions and come to the table to negotiate real solutions that will address the real problems.”
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