The expected surge in travel for the holiday season contributed to the stress, with travelers complaining on social media about long lines at airport check-in counters and delays on the tarmac. 2, and that another 102 million would drive at least 50 miles for the holidays.
In mid-December, AAA predicted that nearly 7.2 million Americans would fly between Dec. The weather disruptions are striking just as travel volume has been approaching prepandemic levels. The cold was expected to reach Miami by Saturday morning, leaving many travelers bracing for the worst. The wave of colder weather had arrived in New York by Friday afternoon with temperatures falling below freezing, preceded by gusty winds. “I was worried about the ripple effects from storms elsewhere, but I haven’t seen any cancellations or major delays in my trip.” student who was flying home for Christmas on Friday, from Houston to West Palm Beach, Fla., by way of Atlanta. “Feels like pretty normal travel for me,” said Caroline Neary, a Ph.D. The Canadian low-cost carrier WestJet and its subsidiary Swoop reported the highest proportions of cancellations: 48 percent and 81 percent, respectively.īut airport hubs in Atlanta, Dallas and Los Angeles were seeing only 5 to 6 percent of departures canceled as of Friday afternoon. More than 400 Southwest Airlines flights were delayed. Some carriers, including Alaska Airlines and Allegiant Air, canceled more than one-third of their flights on Friday. Freezing rain led to the closure of all runways at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, scrambling holiday travel plans for thousands of people. Major airports in Cleveland, Buffalo and Chicago reported by Friday morning that more than half of their departing flights were canceled, Flight Aware showed. Travelers across the United States were split into two groups on Friday: those caught in logistical turmoil caused by the “bomb cyclone,” and those being spared, at least for the moment.Ī total of 5,100 flights within, into, or out of the country were canceled and 8,400 others were delayed on Friday, disrupting holiday travel plans for thousands of travelers, according to Flight Aware, a flight tracking service.
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