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Airlines are still emerging from days of severe storms. attacked the eastern half Across the United States on Friday, every state was under some kind of weather-related warning.
As of Saturday evening, more than 1,200 flights were operating across the country. According to data, 4,700 flights were canceled and delayed. Tracking site FlightAware. While this is a significant improvement from Friday’s roughly 2,300 cancellations and 9,000 delays, airports across the Midwest and Northeast continue to experience significant travel delays.
In Michigan, 140,000+ customers Detroit’s Metropolitan Wayne County Airport is currently without power, with 40% of departing flights delayed. Buffalo Niagara International Airport in New York has canceled 60% of its flights. Holdups are also occurring at airports in Denver, Boston and Chicago. Approximately 550 flights to and from Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport have been postponed. Denver International Airport had its second-highest number of cancellations as temperatures dropped to zero degrees Saturday evening.
These travel delays are exacerbating an already difficult week for airlines and their passengers. Last week, United Airlines and Alaska Airlines canceled more than 200 flights each day due to the federal government’s grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft. The Federal Aviation Administration is Part of the fuselage was blown off The incident occurred on January 5th on an Alaska Airlines flight carrying 177 people. The crash, which occurred at 16,000 feet shortly after takeoff from Portland, Oregon, left a gaping hole in the side of the plane and ripped the headrests off the seats.
United Airlines and Alaska Airlines, the two largest U.S. carriers using Max 9 aircraft, are among the airlines canceling the most flights, according to FlightAware. United Airlines topped the list Saturday with about 250 flights canceled, nearly 10% of its fleet. Alaska Airlines had the fourth highest number of canceled flights, with about 120 flights cancelled.
Both airlines announced last week that they would cancel all flights on their Max 9 aircraft until mid-January.