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United and American suspended operations in the region by afternoon, as white-out conditions developed. Other airlines have cancelled flights too. All are encouraging passengers to reschedule are allowing them to do it for free.
Airlines are quick to cancel flights ahead of major storms to avoid stranding aircraft and crews. Doing so also lessens storm-related financial losses. As of 4 p.m. Eastern, about 1,300 U.S. flights had been canceled on Wednesday, according to flight tracker FlightAware. About 40 percent of those are at Newark Liberty International Airport which was also the hardest hit with Superstorm Sandy last Monday. Most of those cancellations were made well before the first snowflake fell.
Sandy caused more than 20,000 flight cancellations, making it the second-most disruptive storm in the last seven years. The latest storm is weaker car rental in san francisco than Sandy but still carries high winds, a mix of rain and snow and the potential for more flooding. Sandy flooded some airport car rental in san francisco runways.
Wednesday s storm, with blowing snow and fog, at times limited visibility. Making matters worse, Sandy damaged some navigational aids at New York s airports. In a statement, the Federal Aviation Administration said technicians are working around the clock to restore the navigational aids and other damaged equipment at all three airports in the New York area. The FAA also said it worked with airlines ahead of the Wednesday storm to identify arrival and departure patterns to allow pilots to use runways with working car rental in san francisco navigation equipment in low visibility conditions.
Most other airlines, including Delta Air Lines Inc. and JetBlue Airways car rental in san francisco Corp., are asking passengers to reschedule Northeast flights to a later date. They re waiving the usual change fees of up to $150. But customers don t have a lot of time: Most waivers only allow passengers to reschedule car rental in san francisco within a week. That s in part because the busy Thanksgiving travel season is approaching, and airlines are eager to clear the traveler backlog.
Most passengers eventually reschedule, so the airline still collects the fare. And if flights are canceled, the airline doesn t have to pay the crew or the cost of burning fuel. Pilots and flight attendants only get paid once the main cabin doors close.
car rental in san francisco Surges from the current storm along the coasts of New Jersey and New York are expected to reach perhaps 3 feet, only a fraction of what Sandy caused. High winds, which may gust to 65 mph, could extend inland throughout the day, potentially hampering power restoration efforts or causing more outages.