Major Flight Cancellations Continue; Tough Air-Travel Week Ahead in the East
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Airlines are continuing to cancel large numbers of flights today at snowbound airports in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C. and Boston. Yesterday, more than 3,000 departures and arrivals were scrubbed at the three New York airports, at Philadelphia and at Dulles, Washington Reagan and Baltimore-Washington. As of 11 a.m. Eastern time this morning, nearly 2,000 additional flights had been canceled at those airports. That’s a whole lot of flights (some flying between affected airports are obviously counted twice, as both departures and arrivals) — each one presumably booked full with passengers, that did not occur in a two-day period (so far). At the start of the Christmas travel season, most of those passengers are now trying to re-book seats into a system that is already fully booked — because airplanes have been flying almost full…
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PHOTO: What are you smiling about, pal? Flights were scrubbed from the boards in huge numbers at airports in the Mid-Atlantic states as a severe snowstorm moved up the East Coast. By all current indications, air travel in the Northeast could be impacted for days, and the ripple effect will be felt on connections throughout the country. Airlines...
PHOTO: What are you smiling about, pal? Flights are being scrubbed from the boards in high numbers at airports in the Northeast as a severe snowstorm moves up the East Coast. And this just gets worse through the day and into the night. As of 1 p.m. eastern time today, here were some of the numbers, according to Flightstats.com: –Reagan National:...
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