The airline has canceled more than 15,000 flights in just the last week.
Over 15,000 flights have been canceled by Southwest over the past week. Alexis Christoforous has details.Southwest Airlines says it plans to return to normal operations with minimal disruptions on Friday.
Other airlines are back to full strength. Delta, American and United together canceled around 30 flights by late morning, according to tracker FlightAware. Southwest has acknowledged that it has inadequate and outdated technology that can leave flight crews out of position when bad weather strikes.
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