Jetblue blackout continues
Airline scuttles flights at Logan for a second day
JetBlue flight cancellations continued popping up on the big board at Boston Logan International Airport on Monday, again stranding scores of frustrated passengers.
A day after JetBlue nixed 75 flights at the Boston hub, the airline had canceled 38 flights Monday, as of 4:30 p.m..
The 38 shelved flights on Monday represented 76% of Boston Logan’s 50 overall canceled flights.
JetBlue also had 96 delays at Boston Logan on Monday, which was 59% of the entire airport’s 163 delays. The airline has been citing weather elsewhere in the country as the reason for the cancellations and delays.
“After the past several days of severe weather in the southeast impacted airlines with thousands of flights cancelled across the industry, we are focused on safely resuming our flight schedule,” a JetBlue spokesman said in a statement. “We have made good progress in ramping up operations and repositioning crew members and aircraft that had been forced out of position due to the weather and significant air traffic delay programs.
“It is normal for it to take a few days to fully recover when these situations so significantly impact our operations,” the spokesman added. “We apologize to our customers for the inconvenience and we are working to keep them updated and get them on their way as quickly as possible.”
Overall, JetBlue had 141 cancellations on Monday, so Boston’s 38 flights made up 27% of the airline’s cancellations.
Also, JetBlue had 364 total delays on Monday. Boston’s 96 delays made up 26% of the airline’s delays.
The 75 flights that were canceled at Boston Logan on Sunday were out of the entire airport’s 110 cancellations that day. The JetBlue cancellations represented about 68% of the airport’s canceled flights.
JetBlue also had 135 delays at Boston Logan on Sunday, which was 47% of the entire airport’s delays.
Airlines canceled more than 3,500 U.S. flights over the weekend and delayed thousands more, citing weather in Florida and other issues.
The spate of cancellations arrived as air travel is rebounding from the pandemic, with strong demand for spring break flights. People on social media complained about waiting on hold or in lines for hours to get their canceled flights rescheduled and being stranded for days.
Southwest Airlines also cited “weather and airspace congestion” in Florida, as well as a “technology issue.” It canceled about 1,000 flights over the weekend.
Overall, JetBlue had 141 cancellations on Monday.