This shutdown follows on the footsteps of a holiday travel season beset by extreme weather, leaving people stranded on planes for hours and in far-flung locales for days and weeks while baggage was a nightmare. Meanwhile, in November, WestJet had their own technical issues that grounded the airline for several days, cancelling hundreds of flights.Article contentCanadians, for the most part, were not affected this time around, unless they were bound for trying to fly home from the U.S.
Airlines are encouraging travellers headed to or from the U.S. to check their flights before heading to the airport. NOTAMs went offline on Tuesday night and was not fixed until about 7 a.m. on Wednesday morning. This led to an estimated 1,200 cancellations and 7,800 delays as of early afternoon.