JetBlue Cancels 215 Flights Due to Storm
My Way News - JetBlue Cancels 215 Flights Due to Storm
Mar 16, 9:27 AM (ET)
By JENNIFER PELTZ
NEW YORK (AP) - JetBlue canceled 215 flights Friday because of a winter storm on the East Coast, aiming to avoid the days of cancellations and criticism that followed a storm last month, an airline spokesman said.
The cancellations affected about one-third of all JetBlue flights. More than 200 of them involved flights to or from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, said airline spokesman Sebastian White.
Other airlines also reported cancellations. American Airlines had canceled about 120 flights to or from New York and other Northeastern airports as of Friday morning, said spokeswoman Sonja Whitemon. Northwest Airlines canceled about 35 flights to or from the East Coast, all but a handful of them at Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty International, spokeswoman Tracy Carlson said.
A few JetBlue flights also were affected at LaGuardia, Newark and Boston's Logan International Airport, White said. In addition, the airline had canceled 15 flights Thursday night, he said.
Delta Air Lines canceled about 250 flights in the Northeast, from Washington to Boston, spokeswoman Gina Laughlin said. The heaviest concentration was at Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark, she said....
My Way News - JetBlue Cancels 215 Flights Due to Storm
Mar 16, 9:27 AM (ET)
By JENNIFER PELTZ
NEW YORK (AP) - JetBlue canceled 215 flights Friday because of a winter storm on the East Coast, aiming to avoid the days of cancellations and criticism that followed a storm last month, an airline spokesman said.
The cancellations affected about one-third of all JetBlue flights. More than 200 of them involved flights to or from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, said airline spokesman Sebastian White.
Other airlines also reported cancellations. American Airlines had canceled about 120 flights to or from New York and other Northeastern airports as of Friday morning, said spokeswoman Sonja Whitemon. Northwest Airlines canceled about 35 flights to or from the East Coast, all but a handful of them at Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark Liberty International, spokeswoman Tracy Carlson said.
A few JetBlue flights also were affected at LaGuardia, Newark and Boston's Logan International Airport, White said. In addition, the airline had canceled 15 flights Thursday night, he said.
Delta Air Lines canceled about 250 flights in the Northeast, from Washington to Boston, spokeswoman Gina Laughlin said. The heaviest concentration was at Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark, she said....
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