FAA Dismisses Claims Weekend Flight Cancellations Were Related to Vaccine Mandates

FAA Dismisses Claims Weekend Flight Cancellations Were Related to Vaccine Mandates
Southwest Airlines planes are seen in a file photograph. Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced the numerous flight cancellations at Southwest Airlines and other airlines over the weekend were not related to vaccine mandates.

“To be clear: None of the information from Southwest, its pilots union, or the FAA indicates that this weekend’s cancellations were related to vaccine mandates,” the FAA said early Tuesday morning.