CNN — So far this week, more than 6,000 flights have been canceled within, to or from the United States as freezing weather has affected large swaths of the country. As of Thursday afternoon, nearly 6,300 flight cancellations had been recorded on flight tracking site FlightAware since Monday, including more than 750 cancellations on Thursday. … Read more
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New York CNN — Bad weather canceled hundreds of flights on Wednesday, and Southwest Airlines was once again particularly hard hit. As of 10:30 a.m. ET, cancellations totaled 482 flights to, from or within the United States. About half of those – 235 – were flights from the South West. One of the main reasons … Read more
CNN — As a huge winter storm continues to blast much of the United States with brutal winter weather – resulting in at least 37 deaths nationwide – parts of western New York have been buried by up to 43 inches of snow leaving vehicles stranded and turned off for thousands over the Christmas weekend. … Read more
CNN — A fire aboard a JetBlue Airways plane forced more than 160 passengers to evacuate using emergency slides at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Saturday, fire officials said. The incident – which happened shortly after the flight from Barbados landed at the airport – may have started due to an electronic … Read more
New York CNN — Flight delays continued on Saturday, halting travel during the holiday season as parts of the country were hit by a deadly winter storm. As of Saturday afternoon, there were more than 2,600 flight cancellations to, from and within the United States, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. More than 6,100 flights … Read more
CNN — Snow, rain, ice, wind and freezing temperatures are disrupting air travel plans across the United States as well as Amtrak bus and passenger train service. Airlines canceled more than 2,400 US flights by 9 p.m. ET on Thursday and proactively canceled more than 2,200 flights for Friday, according to flight tracking site FlightAware. … Read more
CNN — At least 36 people on a Hawaiian Airlines flight were injured, including 20 taken to the emergency room, after their plane encountered “severe turbulence” on a flight from Phoenix to Honolulu on Sunday, authorities said. Eleven patients were in serious condition, Honolulu Emergency Medical Services said in a statement. Among those taken to … Read more
New York CNN — A severe weather system in several parts of the United States has prompted the three major airports serving New York to urge passengers to arrive early for flights on what is expected to be one of the busiest travel days of the year. As of Sunday morning, 1,056 flights to, from … Read more
CNN — A historic snowstorm hits western New York on Saturday with more than 6 feet of snow in some places, closing roads, triggering driving bans and canceling flights the weekend before the Thanksgiving holiday . Extreme snowfall “will produce near zero visibility, very difficult or impossible travel, damage to infrastructure and could cripple the … Read more
