The storms that blew into North Texas on Christmas Eve challenged airline passengers coming to and leaving DFW International Airport. The website Flight Aware reported that as of 5:30 p.m., American Airlines had delayed 1,040 flights system-wide. Most of them, 802 flights, were to and from DFW Airport, which is American’s largest hub and home base.
But it wasn’t just the weather.
Earlier in the morning, an American Airlines spokesperson said one of its vendors had a technology issue, which led to a nationwide ground stop. The spokesperson said the issue was corrected an hour later.
Debbie Schlier said she and her husband got a double whammy. Their morning flight to California was delayed by the technical glitch, then their next flight out was delayed by the storms.
“It just kept getting delayed. When we got closer to the hour, they were like delay again and finally, it was cancelled.”
Alberto Cazares was supposed to be on that same cancelled flight.