US airlines cancel over 1,000 flights due to winter storm warnings

US airlines cancel over 1,000 flights due to winter storm warnings

Dec 26 (Reuters) - Airlines in the United States have canceled or ​delayed thousands of flights during ‌peak holiday travel on Friday due to severe ‌winter storm warnings, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.

A total of 1,097 flights were canceled and 3,608 delayed ⁠as of ‌12:00 p.m. ET, the website said.

The National Weather Service issued ‍warnings of winter storms this afternoon which "will cause hazardous travel conditions for the ​Great Lakes into the northern Mid-Atlantic ‌and southern New England today through Saturday morning."

Airports in impacted regions such as John F. Kennedy Airport and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport have ⁠also put out ​posts on X, warning ​travelers of potential delays or cancellations.

JetBlue Airways has canceled 225 flights, ‍the ⁠most among the carriers, closely followed by Delta Air Lines canceling ⁠177 flights and 153 by Republic Airways.

(Reporting by ‌Aatreyee Dasgupta in Bengaluru; Editing ‌by Shailesh Kuber)

 

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