The Southwest Airlines holiday travel saga continued Thursday at Bay Area airports, with hundreds more flights into and out of the region canceled.
Here's the breakdown of canceled flights at the three major airports in the Bay Area as of 10 a.m. Pacific time Thursday, according to FlightAware.
- San Francisco International: 39 cancellations (20 departures, 19 arrivals), 35 are Southwest
- Mineta San Jose International: 146 cancellations (74 departures, 72 arrivals), 145 are Southwest
- Oakland International: 117 cancellations (58 departures, 59 arrivals), all are Southwest
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Overall across the U.S., there were 4,141 flight cancellations as of 10 a.m. PT Thursday, and 2,364 of them were Southwest, according to FlightAware.
The airline's Chief Commercial Officer Ryan Green offered a public apology via video Wednesday. The airline released a statement Thursday saying it's operating one-third of its schedule through Thursday and plans to "return to normal operations with minimal disruptions on Friday."
Southwest, based in Dallas, has canceled about 10,000 flights nationwide this week.
