NEWS: Hundreds Of Orlando Flights Canceled This Weekend

Sometimes, the perfect storm of events comes together and ruins your plans. From unlucky timing to unfortunate accidents, there are some problems you just can’t avoid — even on vacation!

Orlando Airport

Currently, Florida is in the middle of its busy spring break season, plus some nasty weather tore through Central Florida over the weekend, resulting in delays and cancelations at the Orlando International Airport.

Southwest Airlines, one of the busiest airlines at MCO, canceled a combined total of 115 flights on Sunday, April 3rd at the Orlando International Airport, according to the Orlando Sentinel.

We are experiencing flight disruptions across our network today due to briefly pausing our service earlier this morning as we worked to resolve an intermittent technology issue, as well as ongoing weather challenges impacting multiple areas within our system. (1/2)

— Southwest Airlines (@SouthwestAir) April 2, 2022

According to Southwest’s statement on Twitter, “We are experiencing flight disruptions across our network today due to briefly pausing our service earlier this morning as we worked to resolve an intermittent technology issue, as well as ongoing weather challenges impacting multiple areas within our system.”

Southwest’s 50th Anniversary Plane

On Saturday, April 2nd, Southwest canceled an additional 520 flights, which broke down to 189 canceled outbound flights and 154 canceled arrivals, as reported by the Orlando Sentinel.