Southwest slashes hundreds of US flights amid bad weather

As of Monday, U.S. airline Southwest has cut more than 700 flights from its timetable as bad weather continues to sweep across the United States.

The new slashes represent approximately 18% of Southwest’s flight schedule.

According to Southwest, the scheduling changes come as the airline tries “to anticipate forecasted operating conditions across a wide swath of our route map – everything from wintry precipitation including blizzard conditions, to airfield and airspace constraints, and dangerous wind chill environments that require rotating ground crews to limit exposure.”

A Southwest spokesperson indicated that it expects its schedule to get back on track Tuesday once the ongoing weather begins to ease up.