Airlines cancel flights to U.S. due to bad weather
2022.12.22 11:03
Airlines cancel flights to U.S. due to bad weather
Budrigannews.com – As a powerful winter storm struck the United States, airlines canceled more than 2,000 flights, making holiday travel for thousands of people impossible.
The extreme weather arrived just as the holiday travel season began, which may have been one of the busiest ever.
The winter storm was bringing blizzard conditions to the Midwest, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, and major travel disruptions were anticipated in Chicago, Detroit, and Minneapolis-St. Paul.
According to the flight tracking website FlightAware, more than 1,500 flights in the United States had been canceled on Thursday and another 761 flights had been canceled for Friday.
Thursday saw the cancellation of 21% of flights leaving from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and 37% of flights leaving from Chicago Midway.
The Transportation Security Administration reported screening nearly 16.2 million passengers in the seven days that ended on Wednesday. This is slightly less than the 16.5 million passengers who were screened in the same time period in 2019.
An outbreak of COVID-19 among employees ruined the holiday season last year, forcing airlines to cancel thousands of flights.
Delta Air Lines (NYSE:), among other American airlines, American and United Airlines (NASDAQ:), declared earlier this week that they would waive change fees and fare differences for passengers traveling through a variety of affected regions.
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About 80 flights had been canceled as of 10 a.m. ET (1500 GMT) on Wednesday, and American Airlines said it was still monitoring the winter storm, which is expected to affect Midwest, Northeast, and East Coast airports this week.
(NYSE:) Southwest Airlines had dropped 580 flights.
