Airlines cancel 2,100+ flights as nor'easter snarls travel

Airlines cancel 2,100+ flights as nor'easter snarls travel

Airlines had canceled more than 2,000 flights Friday as a powerful nor’easter brought rain, snow and severe wind to much of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Most carriers were waiving change fees for fliers there. Nationwide, 2,130 flights had been canceled and another 550 delayed as of 9:35 a.m. ET, according to flight-tracking service FlightAware. Most of those cancellations were spread across airports in the Northeast, where wind gusts of up to 70 mph were possible. The winds were expected to have an unusually long duration, lasting into Saturday. Some preemptive cancellations were already being reported for Saturday, with nearly 50 already grounded at airports across the Northeast and New England. Source