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Southwest Airlines Flight Cancellations has Midway Airport packed with Stranded Passengers

Last week’s winter weather travel mess is lingering like a vicious hangover into this week, and the headaches have been migraine-proportioned for Southwest Airlines.

A crowded gate area at Chicago’s Midway International Airport in mid-May. © Dawn Gilbertson via Imagn Content Services, LLC

According to flight tracking website FlightAware, more than 3,900 flights within, into, or out of the US had already been canceled by 9:50 PM CT on Monday and almost 8,200 flights had been delayed.

ABC 7 Chicago talked to stranded passengers and locals who won’t be able to travel. Now is not a good time to fly…

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