LOS ANGELES—Thousands of Southwest Airlines passengers remained stranded Dec. 27 across Southern California as the airline’s winter woes worsened, leading to canceled and delayed flights throughout the nation.
As of 9:30 a.m. Dec. 26, the airline had canceled 2,571 flights nationally, including many from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and other airfields across Southern California, according to the tracking website FlightAware. At LAX, a total of 60 flights from all airlines had been canceled as of Monday morning, with 62 others delayed.
Stranded passengers were left with few alternatives, with the Southwest Airlines’ website listing all flights departing from Southern California as “unavailable” through Saturday….