Major US airlines implement comprehensive travel waivers as Winter Storm Blair threatens central and eastern United States with severe snow and ice conditions.
Flight Cancellations
Flight cancellations can disrupt travel plans, but passengers flying to and from the EU have strong protections under EU Regulation 261/2004 (EC 261).
The primary cause of flight cancellations for airlines often stems from weather-related factors like hurricanes, thunderstorms, blizzards, and fog.
Although airlines aim to avoid canceling flights due to weather, it’s safer to halt a flight at its point of origin rather than risk dangerous operations or potentially have multiple aircraft in the air that may need to divert to alternate airports.