Detroit
Delta Airlines Hundreds of flights canceled this Sunday due to lack of staff, and made some middle seats available a month earlier than expected with the aim of carrying more passengers.
The airline noted that has served more than a million travelers in recent days, the highest number since before the coronavirus pandemic started last year.
We apologize to our customers because of the inconvenience, and most have already moved to travel the same day, ”the airline said in a statement.
Delta measures taken to increase the capacity of its flightsincluding making center seats available on Sundays and Mondays in an effort to accommodate more passengers.
The airline announced this on Wednesday would stop blocking the sale of middle seats from MayThe measure was taken in April last year to maintain a greater distance between passengers, a move repeated by the company’s CEO was instrumental in building confidence in the airline. The seats will be made available to the public again at a time when people are flying again and more people are being vaccinated against COVID-19, the company said.
Delta said middle seats would only open on Sundays and Mondays, and the ban on seats for sale remains in place. If necessary, seats could be filled with the aim of getting passengers to their destination the same day.
“The Delta teams have worked with various factorsincluding personnel issues, high numbers of workers’ vaccinations and pilots returning to work, “the airline said in a statement. Some workers had adverse side effects from the vaccine.
Websites at three Delta hubs showed 33 canceled flights on Sunday. There were 19 at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, 11 at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, and three more at Minneapolis-St. Paul.
The company said on Wednesday that nearly 65 percent of people who flew with it last year expect to have received at least one dose of the new vaccines by May 1. That gave Delta the assurance to end seat restrictions, he noted.
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