San Diego (CNS)-According to airline and airport officials, American Airlines cancelled a wave of flights across the country due to reported staff shortages and weather problems, resulting in the cancellation of a flight at San Diego International Airport on Monday.

According to an American Airlines spokesperson, as of mid-July, the airline’s hundreds of flights have been cancelled, accounting for approximately 1% of its daily operations from July 2 to July 14, and accounting for approximately 5,674 of the airline’s daily operations. 72 of the flights.

It is not clear how many future cancelled flights may include flights departing from or arriving in San Diego, but on Monday, American Airlines scheduled flights from San Diego International Airport were cancelled 25 times.

An airline spokesperson stated that AA saw severe weather at its hub on 9 of the first 15 days in June, which affected the flyers and crew when travel demand rose.

“The first few weeks of June brought unprecedented weather to our largest hub, severely affecting our operations and causing delays, flight cancellations, and disruptions to crew schedules and our customers’ plans,” a copy of American Airlines The statement read. “Coupled with the labor shortages faced by some of our suppliers and the rapid growth in customer demand, we have established additional flexibility and certainty for our operations by adjusting a small number of flights in the plan. July.

“We have made targeted changes and the goal is to affect the fewest customers by adjusting flights in markets where we have multiple re-accommodation options.”

The airline said it will notify customers whose flights have been cancelled so that they can make adjustments in advance.

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