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Southwest flights in Colorado: More cancellations, but some on time Wednesday

By Abbey Soukup 12/28/2022 | updated 3 years ago

The Southwest Airlines crisis that unfolded this past weekend is still affecting flights at the Colorado Springs Airport. Here are a few updates on Wednesday’s scheduled flights.

Of the 12 scheduled in-bound flights today, eight flights have been canceled and one has been delayed as of 10:30 a.m., according to the airport’s flight status tracker.

Of the nine departing flights scheduled, five have been canceled and four are currently running on time.

On Thursday, 24 flights (arrivals and departures) are projected to be canceled, according to Colorado Springs Airport spokeswoman Dana Schield. All the canceled flights are Southwest, she said.

At Denver International Airport, 53% of Southwest’s flights have been canceled, or a total of 292 flights canceled in the past 24 hours as of late Wednesday morning, according to FlightAware. Dozens more Southwest flights have been delayed at DIA.

For Thursday at DIA, 58% of Southwest flights have been canceled for a total of more than 2,300 Southwest Denver flights canceled in recent days.

The deadly winter storm that plagued this year’s holiday weekend resulted in a snowball effect of flight cancellations. But U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg labeled Southwest’s problems a “system failure” Wednesday on “Good Morning America.”

Southwest has updated its website, adding a travel disruption information section for information pertaining to canceled flights and missing luggage from the past weekend. There, you’ll find a form to request refunds, as well as answers to frequently asked questions.

Southwest Airlines passengers in Colorado Springs left frustrated, stranded and without luggage

Southwest Airlines employees help customers at the Colorado Springs Airport on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022.
Parker Seibold, The Gazette
Delaney Willow and her pup, Winston, are one of the hundreds waiting to find out their travel fate at the Southwest Airlines counter at the Colorado Springs Airport on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. The two were trying to make it back home to Dallas and may have to take a charter flight on Wednesday. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
Winston the pup looks like he’s about had it with waiting to find out their travel fate at the Southwest Airlines counter at the Colorado Springs Airport on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. He and his owner were trying to make it back home to Dallas and may have to take a charter flight on Wednesday. (Photo by Jerilee Bennett, The Gazette)
Hundreds of people wait in line at the Southwest Airlines inside the Colorado Springs Airport on Tuesday. Many of the Southwest Airlines customers present said they couldn’t get answers regarding canceled flights through the phone lines or online, so their only option was to come to the airport and stand in line.
photos by Parker Seibold, the denver gazette
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