Spirit and American canceled more than 800 flights during a 3rd consecutive day of delays and disruption

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Spirit Airlines canceled another 429 flights on Tuesday — most of its schedule — as bad weather and IT issues plagued the airline for a third consecutive day. 

The cancellations made up 61% of Spirit’s Tuesday schedule, with a futher 18% delayed, according to flight data site FlightAware.

Spirit canceled more than 40% of its flights Monday, and 19% of its flights on Sunday, per The New York Times, which cited previous FlightAware data. 

A combination of bad weather, staff shortages, and system outages had caused the problems on Tuesday, Spirit spokesperson Erik Hofmeyer read more ⇒

Source:: BusinessInsider.Com

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