{"id":17255,"date":"2022-01-30T17:03:48","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T11:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=17255"},"modified":"2022-01-30T17:06:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T11:36:46","slug":"u-s-airlines-cancel-more-than-5600-weekend-flights-ahead-of-noreaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/30\/u-s-airlines-cancel-more-than-5600-weekend-flights-ahead-of-noreaster\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Airlines cancel more than 5,600-weekend flights ahead of Nor’easter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Airlines have canc<\/b><\/span>elled thousands of flights for Saturday as a powerful winter storm packing strong winds and many inches of snow is set to envelop major cities on the East Coast.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTravel is heading to be a mess so if you\u2019re journeying to or from the Northeast and if your airline hasn\u2019t canceled your flight yet \u2026 save yourself the aggravation and delay,\u201d told JohnnyJet founder and editor-in-chief, John E. DiScala (aka Johnny Jet). He restarted, \u201cIf you don\u2019t have that luxury then fill some snacks and your patience.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Winter Storm Kenan has sustained winds in a stretch of coastline with winds steady at about 30 miles an hour and gusts up to 60 miles an hour. In Boston, they are hoping for more than a foot and a half of snow. New York City is anticipated to get as much as a foot of snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you can imagine the airlines have their hands full also this weekend.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe airlines began issuing travel waivers for this big storm as early as late Thursday, so the carriers are expecting an important weather effect to their operations in New York City<\/a>, Boston, and other parts of the U.S. East Coast,\u201d told Tim Jue, a San Francisco-based journalist covering airlines and trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to flight tracking company Flight Aware \u2013 as of 10 a.m. on Saturday, more than 3,500 flights have been canceled on Saturday, Jan. 29. Another 827 have already been canceled on Sunday.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jue informed TPG that if readers were traveling anywhere in the Northeast today, \u201d \u2026 there\u2019s a fair chance your flight will not take off given the sweeping number of cancelations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

JetBlue canceled a whopping 68% of <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hardest hit so far? JetBlue<\/a> revoked a whopping 68% of its scheduled flights today. Two of its hubs are among the hardest hit airports in today\u2019s storm with both New York-JFK and Boston Logan (BOS) seeing blizzard situations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regional carrier Republic canceled 62% of its flights today. United revoked 397 flights or about 22% of its schedule, and American Airlines <\/a>cut 18% of its flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe want to keep a close eye on what happens after the storm,\u201d restarted Jue, \u201cAirlines have comprehensive plans in place for a winter storm recovery at an airport, but those plans are built for an era when the airline is completely staffed and there isn\u2019t a highly contagious COVID-19 variant circling about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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