Thousands of flights were disrupted on Christmas Eve, with American Airlines accounting for a bulk of the incidents.
On Tuesday, more than 5,400 flights within, into, or out of the United States were delayed, according to data from FlightAware. In addition, there were more than 200 flight cancellations. The disruptions continued on Christmas day with more than 750 flights being delayed and nearly 100 getting canceled as of 11:15 a.m. ET on Wednesday.
