Hundreds of weekend flights and thousands more were delayed, as thunderstorms throughout Florida slowed traffic there. Florida is one of the country’s top travel destinations during spring break. Over 5,900 flights were delayed, and 1,930 were canceled on Saturday. Thunderstorms are harder to predict for airlines than other storms like hurricanes, and in the other types of storms, airlines cancel the flights hours, if not days in advance. Many airlines such as Delta, Southwest, American, and Alaska airlines had to cancel and delay flights on Saturday.
