Airlines have cancelled more than 12,000 U.S. flights since Christmas Eve.
had largely escaped some of the severe disruptions that affected rivals over the holidays, but scrubbed 472 flights on Saturday, 13% of its schedule, according to FlightAware. The airline suspended operations at Chicago's airports as of 1 p.m. local time ahead of a severe winter storm.
The airline has more than 200 daily departures from Chicago Midway International Airport. An airline spokeswoman said that the flights were cut because planners were"anticipating the gusty winds and blowing snow that decades of our history operating in this airport show us will slow down the airspace and also make deicing and getting aircraft back into the air very challenging."
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