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U.S. Airlines Cancel Over 1,800 Flights Due To Major Winter Storm

U.S. Airlines Cancel Over 1,800 Flights Due To Major Winter Storm

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"position&colon;relative">&NewLine;<p>Airlines in the United States have canceled or delayed thousands of flights on Friday&comma; according to flight tracking website FlightAware&comma; due to winter storm Devin during peak holiday travel&comma; while some states restricted commercial road traffic in anticipation of snowfall&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A total of 1&comma;802 flights were canceled and 22&comma;349 delayed as of 4&colon;04 p&period;m&period; ET&comma; the website said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The National Weather Service issued warnings of winter storm Devin this afternoon which &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;will cause hazardous travel conditions for the Great Lakes into the northern Mid-Atlantic and southern New England today through Saturday morning&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;For areas farther north from upstate New York to the Tri-State area including New York City and Long Island&comma; 4-8 inches of snowfall is forecast for late Friday into &lpar;the&rpar; night&comma;” National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center noted on the official website&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>New York’s John F&period; Kennedy Airport&comma; Newark Liberty International Airport&comma; and LaGuardia Airport have put out posts on X&comma; warning travelers of potential delays or cancellations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>More than half of the flight cancellations and delays took place at these three airports&comma; according to FlightAware&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>JetBlue Airways has canceled 225 flights&comma; the most among the carriers&comma; closely followed by Delta Air Lines canceling 212 flights&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Republic Airways canceled 157 flights&comma; while 146 were canceled by American Airlines and 97 by United Airlines&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Spokespersons from American Airlines&comma; United Airlines&comma; and JetBlue told Reuters the carriers have waived off change fees for re-booking for travelers whose plans may be affected&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Due to winter storm Devin&comma; JetBlue has canceled approximately 350 flights today and tomorrow&comma; primarily in the Northeast where JetBlue has a large operation&comma;” the JetBlue spokesperson said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Delta Air Lines and Republic did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ahead of the winter storm&comma; New York and New Jersey declared a state of emergency from Friday afternoon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As widespread snowfall is expected to start in New York City and its surrounding areas this evening&comma; I will declare a State of Emergency to ensure that our agencies and local partners have the resources and tools they need to respond to the storm&comma;” New York Governor Kathy Hochul said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>New Jersey and Pennsylvania issued commercial vehicle restrictions on some roads&comma; including many interstate highways&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This storm will cause dangerous road conditions and impact holiday travel&comma;” New Jersey’s acting governor Tahesha Way said in a statement&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We are urging travelers to avoid travel during the storm and allow crews to tend to the roads&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Reporting by Aatreyee Dasgupta and Abhinav Parmar in Bengaluru and Maria Tsvetkova in New York&semi; Additional reporting by Megavarshini G&period; Somasundaram in Bengaluru&semi; Editing by Shailesh Kuber and Nick Zieminski&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><br &sol;>&NewLine;<br &sol;><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dailywire&period;com&sol;news&sol;u-s-airlines-cancel-over-1800-flights-due-to-major-winter-storm">Source link <&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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