Over 3,000 Flights Cancelled Due to Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy
Airlines have already canceled more than 3,000 flights because of Hurricane Sandy, which is not expected to make landfall until sometime tomorrow.
Flight-tracking company FlightAware.com says 707 U.S. flights have been canceled already today (Oct. 28), with the highest number coming at Newark Liberty airport – a major hub for United.
Monday’s flight schedule has taken a bigger hit, with the tally of preemptive cancellations at 2,499 as of early Sunday morning, according to FlightAware.
“Most affected is Newark (EWR), with 774 cancellations, second is Dulles with 428 cancellations, third is Philadelphia with 355 cancellations,” FlightAware says in a statement.
Category: Airnation
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Have any of the affected airports asked carriers to relocate their fleet further inland in order to avoid damage should Sandy get vicious? Cancelling services is all well and good but if the planes are being battered on the ground then cancellations become irrelevent.
I heard a rumour that United have kept one of their planes at my local airport ( BHX ) in order to be ready to fly once airspace has reopened in the NY area, if correct that is the intelligent planning that we here in UK expect.
Living near New Orleans, we’ve had out share of hurricanes. I wish everyone up there the best.