Snow Makes U.S. Air Travel Difficult

The snow which has covered the southern states such as Georgia is now hitting northeast in New York and Boston, making travel very difficult.

American Airlines are expecting to resume their flights at the New York City airports by Wednesday afternoon but Boston’s Logan Airport isn’t expected to resume operations until 7pm.

In Atlanta, GA, which was hit especially hard with ice and snow this week, Delta Air Lines is expected to resume its regular schedule but won’t resume flights to New York until later.

Delta canceled over 1,000 flights on Wednesday, which constitutes one-fifth of the airline’s fight schedule. In the past few years, airlines have canceled flights early to prevent travelers from reaching the airport only to discover at the last minute that their flight has been grounded.

Continental Airlines canceled 485 flights in its Newark, N.J. hub, while United Airlines canceled 180. Southwest Airlines canceled virtually everything before noon Wednesday into New York, Boston and surrounding states.

The early cancellations are all bad news, according to George Hobica, founder of Airfarewatchdog.com.“Rather than sleeping on an airport floor, sleep in your own bed,” he said in a statement.

Hobica also states that travelers should have no problem booking another flight because planes aren’t as full in mid-January as they are during the holidays. United and Continental both automatically re-booked passengers on the next available flight.