Flights Grounded At Newark As Hurricane Melissa, Shutdown Chaos Collide: FAA
It’s shaping up to be one of the roughest travel weeks of the year. A deepening government shutdown, unpaid air traffic controllers, and the arrival of Hurricane Melissa have combined to snarl flights nationwide, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) warned on Wednesday, Oct. 29.
A nearly two-hour ground stop at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday, Oct. 26, was followed by new FAA alerts forecasting disruptions at Boston Logan, Denver, Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson, Newark Liberty, Orlando, and Tampa International Airports. The agency cited staffing shortages and weather as key ca…
BWI Hit Hard With Delays After Southwest Cancels Majority Of Flights Nationwide
After a massive winter storm crossed the country, thousands of flights have been delayed or cancelled, leaving holiday travelers stranded across the nation, including in the DMV area, according to multiple reports.
Southwest Airlines leads the airlines in the most canceled or delayed flights, with over 3,600 flights in and out of the United States, with an additional 6,120 flights delayed, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware.
Southwest canceled the majority of scheduled flights Monday, Dec. 26, which was significantly more than any other airline, FlightAware dat…
