FG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images(LOS ANGELES) — Southwest Airlines has canceled 10 scheduled daily flights to and from Mexico because of paperwork issues with Mexican authorities.
The flights, originally scheduled to travel between Los Angeles International Airport and Cancun, Los Cabos and Puerto Vallarta, are canceled through Tuesday, but Southwest says they are unsure of how long it will take to get through the red tape.
The airline operated the flights successfully for a few days this week before the paperwork snafu required them to stop.
The new flights were announced in August after a bilateral treaty between the United States and Mexico allowed more flights to cross the border. Southwest published its flight schedule and sold seats for the new routes, which are now grounded while waiting for the paperwork issues to be resolved. Previously established Southwest routes are not impacted.
Southwest told ABC News it is fully compliant with the terms of the accord between the two countries, and submitted all the paperwork required to operate the flights more than three months ago.
The airline said that it is “now faced with unplanned challenges and forced to make proactive flight cancellations,” and the U.S. Department of Transportation is working to resolve the situation.
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