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Hurricane Sandy is Shutting Down the Major Airports
Hurricane Sandy is Shutting Down the Major Airports
Hailey Hurowitz
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Airlines and airports in the Northeast started making tentative steps toward normalcy on Wednesday in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, though LaGuardia Airport in New York City remained stubbornly under water. LaGuardia is still closed and will be for the day. They canceled about 1,500 flights because of the storm that hit the Northeast on Monday. LaGuardia isn't expected to open until at least Thursday. But JetBlue has resumed service at New York City's other airport, John F. Kennedy International, as well as at airports serving Washington, D.C. and Boston. Both JFK and Newark International Airport in New Jersey officially reopened on Wednesday. The Washington-area airports of Dulles International and Ronald Reagan National both opened Tuesday. This does not mean that everything will be fine from here for the airline industry though. The airline industry has canceled 19,271 flights because of Hurricane Sandy on Wednesday morning. JetBlue doesn't expect to resume flights through Newark until Thursday, even though the airport is open. U.S. Airways (LCC, Fortune 500), which has canceled about 4,000 flights, still wasn't operating any flights through New York City-area airports on Wednesday.
American Airlines, which has canceled 2,088 flights, said that said it plans to start flying through JFK and Newark again on Thursday morning, and LaGuardia again on Thursday afternoon. United Continental, which has canceled 5,200 flights because of the storm, had "limited inbound service" at Newark on Wednesday. The airline might be operating a very limited number of departures from the airport in the evening, depending on conditions. The airline was returning to normal operations at Dulles. Philadelphia International Airport had the most number of cancellations ,1,068 as of Tuesday, followed by Newark, LaGuardia, JFK, Ronald Regan, and Dulles.
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http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/nyc-areas-major-airports-back-running-albeit-slowly-1C6807074
American Airlines, which has canceled 2,088 flights, said that said it plans to start flying through JFK and Newark again on Thursday morning, and LaGuardia again on Thursday afternoon. United Continental, which has canceled 5,200 flights because of the storm, had "limited inbound service" at Newark on Wednesday. The airline might be operating a very limited number of departures from the airport in the evening, depending on conditions. The airline was returning to normal operations at Dulles. Philadelphia International Airport had the most number of cancellations ,1,068 as of Tuesday, followed by Newark, LaGuardia, JFK, Ronald Regan, and Dulles.link
http://www.nbcnews.com/travel/nyc-areas-major-airports-back-running-albeit-slowly-1C6807074
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