In the wake of Southwest Airlines’ cancellation disaster over the past week, some competitors are filling in to assist its stranded customers at the end of the holiday travel season.
Rival carriers have capped airfares at several key airports, as a surge of Southwest customers booked last-minute domestic flights, after the low-cost airline canceled thousands of departures.
Air carriers across the United States were forced to terminate thousands of flights as a massive winter storm swept over much of the country before and during the Christmas holiday weekend.
However, Southwest fared the worse, allegedly due to an antiquated computer system.
The storm moved through the Great Lakes region to the East Coast, causing havoc in cities like Buffalo, New York, after slamming the Plains and Midwest….