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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Airlines and airports in the Northeast started making tentative steps toward normalcy on Wednesday in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, though LaGuardia Airport arizona vacation home rentals in New York City remained stubbornly under water.
JetBlue personnel have posted arizona vacation home rentals various photos of the deluged LaGuardia on the company s BlueTales blog. Because of these infrastructure problems, LaGuardia isn t expected to open until at least Thursday, said Steinberg.
But this does not necessarily mean smooth arizona vacation home rentals sailing for the airline industry, which had canceled 19,271 flights as a result of Hurricane Sandy as of Wednesday morning, according to FlightStats. arizona vacation home rentals JetBlue doesn t expect to resume flights through Newark until Thursday, even though the airport is open. U.S. Airways, which has canceled about 4,000 flights, still wasn t operating any flights through New York City-area airports on Wednesday.
United Continental, which has canceled 5,200 flights because of the storm, had limited inbound service at Newark on Wednesday, according to spokesman Charles Hobart. He said the airline might be operating a very limited number of departures from the airport in the evening, depending on conditions. He said the airline was returning to normal operations at Dulles.
Airlines began canceling flights Sunday at the approach of the hurricane. The storm made landfall on the New Jersey shore Monday night, blazing a path of destruction through New York City and the surrounding area, killing dozens arizona vacation home rentals of people, knocking out power for millions and flooding many neighborhoods even as it burned down more than a hundred homes.
Airports were shut down and flights were canceled as far west as Chicago, Pittsburgh and Cleveland. Even though many of the airports from Washington to New England have officially reopened, they have posted online arizona vacation home rentals notices urging customers to check flight status and book flights before they go to the airports.
JetBlue, US Airways, United Continental arizona vacation home rentals and Delta Air Lines are all waiving their rebooking fees for passengers affected by the storm. American Airlines is offering what appears to be the most liberal policy, since it includes full refunds and transfers to other carriers.
Southwest Airlines wasn t hit as hard as other U.S. carriers, since it has less of a presence on the East Coast than carriers such as JetBlue, which is based in New York City, and Delta, which has its main hub in Atlanta.
British Airways canceled a half-dozen flights to JFK and Newark on Wednesday, but said it was flying to other East Coast airports. Lufthansa canceled four flights from Germany to the East Coast on Wednesday and its one remaining Munich-to-JFK flight was delayed by six hours.