DALLAS – Dallas-based Southwest Airlines has paused all departing flights nationwide, the FAA said Tuesday morning.
Southwest, which is the nation’s largest domestic carrier, has already delayed about 30% of its flights for Tuesday, about 1,249 in all, according to Flightaware.com. Southwest has about 4,130 flights scheduled for Tuesday, according to Cirium.
“Southwest Airlines requested the FAA pause the airline’s departures,” the Federal Aviation Administration tweeted Tuesday at 9:36 a.m.
