Thousands of people have been left stranded this holiday weekend after Southwest Airlines canceled more than 2,000 flights amid extreme winter weather conditions.
The Dallas, Texas-based airline canceled approximately 2,897 flights as of 22:03 p.m. ET Monday; making up at least 71 percent of its scheduled flights for the day, according to flight tracker FlightAware. That is more cancellations than any other airline.
Another 667 flights were delayed, leaving customers waiting around, often for hours, in busy airports. A day prior, on Sunday, the airline canceled more than 1,600 flights.
Passengers whose flights were canceled were later notified that they would not be able to rebook on Southwest Airlines until Saturday, Dec. 31, or after, according to multiple reports….