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Airlines have canceled more than 5,400 flights since Saturday in the U.S. Airlines have canceled more than 5,400 flights since Saturday in the U.S. and United Airlines CEO claimed the Federal Aviation Administration staffing and inexperience is partly to blame. United CEO Scott Kirby sent a letter to United employees on Monday, blaming the FAA for Travel disruptions this past weekend at Newark Airport, one of United's busiest hubs and in the center of the nation's most congested air corridor. "As you know, the weather we saw in EWR is something that the FAA has historically been able to manage without a severe impact on our operation and customers. This past Saturday, however, was different," Kirby said in an internal memo to employees Monday. MORE: Over 300 severe storm reports across US as dangerous weather continues Following bad weather, United canceled 293 flight s at Newark and delayed 251 on Monday alone. As of 6:11 p.m. ET Tuesday, United canceled 500 flig...

United Airlines flights are resuming following a brief nationwide ground stop due to a computer issue, the airline said. United Airlines flights resumed Tuesday afternoon following a brief nationwide ground stop due to a computer issue, the airline said. United said in a statement that "a software update caused a widespread slowdown in United's Technology systems." The issue prompted planes on the ground to be held while flights in the air continued on their routes as planned, the airline said. About one hour later, United said the issue was resolved and the ground stop was lifted. The ground stop delayed 211 flights nationwide . "Our teams are working to get customers to their destinations as soon as possible," United said. Source: https://thefoxposts.com/united-airlines-resumes-flights-following-nationwide-ground-stop-TheFOXposts-34712.html?utm_source=blogger_source&utm_medium=blogger_medium&utm_campaign=blogger_cam Category: US News Post ...