Spring storms are continuing to impact flights even though it's mid-April. More than 1,400 flights have been cancelled at Chicago O'Hare airport as of Wednesday due to stormy weather.
Starting Tuesday, more than 1,960 flights were cancelled when American Airlines was facing a computer outage which shut down operations.
According to FlightStats.com, 418 arrival flights were cancelled and 363 departures were cancelled at Chicago O'Hare today alone. In addition to the cancellations, 349 arrival flights were delayed and 259 departure flights were delayed.
Chicago's stormy weather is expected to go on into the evening so the cancellation and delay tally is likely to increase, USA Today reports.
Most of the cancellation at O'Hare were on American and United flights and their regional partners, which is understandable as both airlines operate large hubs at Chicago O'Hare. They are the airport's No. 1 and No. 2 airports.
The delays and cancellations on American flights may be due to after effects of the computer outage on Tuesday. The airlines was forced to ground its entire fleet for several hours as staff were unable to access the reservations and check-in systems.
American was forced to cancel more than 900 flights across the country due to the glitch. They announced that systems would be back to normal by Wednesday, but a poor weather system put an even further dent into American's attempt to get back to normal, at least at O'Hare.
American had to cancel 450 flights on Wednesday due to the storm but 100 cancellations were results of the computer problems on Tuesday. As of today, 132 American Airlines flgihts were cancelled and 371 faced delays. American subsidiary, American Eagle has 289 canceled flights and 226 delayed flights on Thursday.
Chicago O'Hare said that weather was to blame for most of the cancellations on Wednesday and Thursday.
Since Tuesday, American and American Eagle were forced to cancel more than 1,500 flights, causing a headache for travelers.
Snow also affected Denver International Airport on Wednesday as roughly 70 flights were cancelled due to the weather.
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