Still Struggling with Staffing, Alaska Airlines Cuts 10% of January Schedule
byDaniel McCarthy/
Alaska Airlines on Thursday joined the fray of carriers making wholesale schedule changes because of the continued spread of COVID-19.
Alaska canceled about 10% of its remaining January schedule, citing an opportunity to “reset” this month.
“We're at our best when we are safe, reliable, and caring. And right now, we need to build more reliability back into our operation as we deal with the impacts of omicron and during a time when guests generally fly less. We've decided to reduce departures by about 10% through the end of January,” Alaska said in a statement.
“This will give us the flexibility and capacity needed to reset while continued flexible travel policies enable guests to adjust their plans accordingly. This will also give us time and space to find our path forward together, with Covid-19 as a continued reality in our business and our world.”
The announcement came the same day that Alaska canceled 17% of its schedule because of either staffing issues or weather impacting flights around the country. Alaska wasn’t the only airline to issue a late of cancellations on Thursday—Southwest (21%), United 11%), Air Canada (12%), WestJet (17%), and more all suffered double-digit percentage cancellations.
承运人将取消归因于美国的不利天气和由Omicron变体造成的共同案件的激增,这使得航空公司很难保持员工,因为一些机组人员和飞行员已被迫进入隔离。