Valentine’s Day snowstorm had created a meltdown for the airline and it is still reeling under the same. It cancelled more flights on Monday and hopes to start well by tuesday The ice storm had left many of the airline’s 11,000 pilots and flight attendants a great distance from where they could operate the planes.
The airline canceled 139 flights nationwide for Monday, on a day when it was scheduled to fly 600 flights, slightly more than usual because of the President’s Day holiday. Leaving a whole lot of disgruntled passengers already frustrated with previous cancellations.
Last week’s snow and bitter cold froze equipment and grounded the company’s planes at Kennedy, stranding passengers inside for up to 101/2 hours.
Baggage handlers also struggled with the mountain of luggage returned to the terminals because of the cancellations.
Low cost fares and idiosyncratic blue potato chips may just not be enough to lure passenger numbers back to this low cost airline.
Source: Msnbc
