From OneMileAtAtime.com…
Looking at published data, American has canceled over 1,500 flights since Friday, and there’s no end in sight for these operational issues. Here are how many cancelations we’ve seen from American Airlines over the course of three days:
- On Friday, October 29, 2021, American canceled 340 flights
- On Saturday, October 30, 2021, American canceled 543 flights
- On Sunday, October 31, 2021, American canceled 636 flights
The number of cancelations for today is as of 8AM ET, so I imagine it’s going to get much worse as the day progresses. For context, 636 flights represents 23% of American’s schedule for today, and that does nothing to account for the number of delays we’re seeing as well.
With these numbers of cancelations, it’s not a good time to have a ticket booked on American Airlines. The phone hold times to speak to a reservations agent are many hours long, and I’ve heard of some very long lines at American Airlines customer service desks at airports.
