DIA was experiencing a high volume of cancellations and delays on Saturday.
DENVER — Those who planned to fly on Saturday with Southwest Airlines from Denver International Airport (DIA) might check their tickets and realize their flight has been canceled or delayed.
As of noon Saturday, the airline had canceled 18 flights and delayed 103 flights from DIA at the start of the busy holiday weekend. That was out of a total at DIA on Saturday of 20 canceled flights and 189 delays for all airlines, according to data from FlightAware.
Southwest Airlines had 70 cancellations and 653 delays across the U.S. by noon on Saturday.
On Friday, Southwest had 232 delays and 75 cancellations. DIA had a total of 129 cancellations and 756 delays that day.
Southwest hasn’t provided a reason for the issues.
>> The video above is about Southwest working to resume operations after ‘system error’ grounds planes nationwide, including DIA
Numerous flights were delayed on Thursday due to two slow-moving thunderstorms, with FlightAware showing 38 cancellations from DIA.
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Under the proposal, airlines that fail to deliver a bag within 12 hours of the passenger’s U.S. flight touching down or within 25 hours after an international flight would need to issue a refund.
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