Alaska Airlines announces a 2% reduction in flights until July amid pilot shortage

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Alaska Airlines announced Thursday that it’s canceling 2% of its total flights through the end of June as the company grapples with an ongoing pilot shortage.

The airline has canceled more than 110 flights, many at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, in the last three days. As of Thursday evening, an additional 15 flights are slated to be canceled Saturday. In a statement Thursday, the airline apologized for the cancellations.   

“At the beginning of this month, we let down some of our valued guests by canceling an unusual number of flights. To all of you who were impacted, we

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