Blizzard flight cancellations push toward 7,000

[straitman]

Blizzard flight cancellations push toward 7,000

By Ben Mutzabaugh, USA TODAY


Snow removal crews work to clear runways at Philadelphia International Airport on Monday, Dec. 27, 2010. A powerful East Coast blizzard menaced would-be travelers by air, rail and highway Monday, leaving thousands without a way to get home after the holidays and shutting down major airports and rail lines for a second day.

By Matt Rourke, AP​

Nearly 7,000 flights have been canceled since Sunday as a result of the post-Christmas blizzard that blanketed much of the East Coast in snow.

But even though some flights have resumed at all East Coast airports, that number is expected to keep growing today. Airlines are still canceling flights today as they struggle to get their aircraft and crews back into position for normal operations.

 

[NYCguy]

Thank goodness for the charter companies out at KTEB...

It was wonderful to witness NYC with a thick blanket of snow. It was fun rolling around in it and tossing snowballs too! Not so nice if you were a no-FF-status Y pax sitting at JFK/LGA/EWR, though... Messy!