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Nonstop Flights To Las Vegas Resuming At Albany International Airport Nonstop Flights To Las Vegas Resuming At Albany International Airport
Nonstop Flights To Las Vegas Resuming At Albany International Airport The entertainment capital of the world will soon be just a five-hour flight away. Nonstop flights from Albany International Airport to Las Vegas will resume on Monday, Aug. 5. The service will be offered by Southwest Airlines four days a week, on Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays. “Today’s announcement underscores the ongoing success at ALB and our commitment to working with airlines to best serve the nearly 1.4 million passengers who travel through ALB annually,” airport CEO Phil Calderone said in a statement. “We’re proud of our partnership with Southwest Airlines and look forwar…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Stranded, Seething: 2.5K Southwest Flight Cancellations Leave Passengers In Post-Christmas Mess Stranded, Seething: 2.5K Southwest Flight Cancellations Leave Passengers In Post-Christmas Mess
Stranded, Seething: 2.5K Southwest Flight Cancellations Leave Passengers In Post-Christmas Mess More than 2,500 Southwest Airlines flights were canceled and 8,3072 delayed as of Wednesday, Dec. 28, leaving even more passengers across the US stranded and seething. Processes and computer systems that haven't changed since the 1990s are to blame, Captain Casey Murray, the president of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, tells CNN. “It’s phones, it’s computers, it’s processing power, it’s the programs used to connect us to airplanes," he said, "that’s where the problem lies, and it’s systemic throughout the whole airline." The federal government said it plans on investigating. Cu…

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by Annie DeVoe and Cecilia Levine
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Southwest Cancels 1,800-Plus Weekend Flights, Citing Air Traffic Control Issues, Weather Southwest Cancels 1,800-Plus Weekend Flights, Citing Air Traffic Control Issues, Weather
Southwest Cancels 1,800-Plus Weekend Flights, Citing Air Traffic Control Issues, Weather Southwest Airlines has canceled more than 1,800 of its flights this weekend, citing bad weather and air traffic control issues. According to a report from CNBC, the airline canceled 1,000-plus flights on Sunday, Oct. 10, after canceling 808 on Saturday, Oct. 9. "ATC issues and disruptive weather have resulted in a high volume of cancellations throughout the weekend while we work to recover our operation," the airline tweeted on Saturday. "We appreciate your patience as we accommodate affected Customers, and Customer Service wait times are longer than usual." ATC issues and disruptive w…

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by Nicole Valinote