Delta executive apologises after airline cancels another 500 flights

Thousands of travellers waited in long lines stretching through the terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson International in Atlanta, the messy aftermath of mass flight cancellations due to thunderstorms the day before. Delta Air Lines cancelled roughly 500 flights Thursday due to planes being out of position, crews being out of place and crew rest requirements after Wednesday’s storms, according to a Delta spokesman. That came after the airline cancelled about 700 flights Wednesday and diverted more than 60 flights. That’s significantly more than the 300 flight cancellations Delta had expected earlier in the day. At mid-afternoon Thursday, a ground delay program was causing delays averaging more than 5 hours long for some arriving flights. Many travellers were trying to get rebooked after spending the night in the airport. <br/>