Published: April 28, 2015 2:36 pm
Southwest Airlines canceled nine early-morning Baltimore flights Tuesday — five departures and four arrivals – in reaction to the civil unrest that hit the city Monday evening, the carrier said.
“This allowed us to ensure adequate staffing and gave Southwest employees (and customers) the opportunity to make arrangements for school being cancelled, and potentially, that transit could be closed,” a Southwest spokeswoman said Tuesday afternoon.
“Operations and staffing are business-as-usual now, and we do not anticipate additional cancellations,” she said.
Southwest operates between 215 and 220 weekday departures at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.
Rioting and looting broke out Monday in Baltimore after the funeral of a black man who suffered injuries while in police custody and subsequently died. The Maryland governor has called out the Maryland National Guard, and a curfew is in effect. Public schools, other institutions and some businesses were closed Tuesday.
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