US: Airlines try to get back on track after storm cancellations

Airlines paralysed by the epic winter storm in the US Northeast began to rebuild their schedules even as they pre-emptively scrapped some Monday flights, pushing the tally of cancellations toward 12,000 over a 4-day period. "We are not currently seeing any airline flights arrive or depart from the major New York or Washington, DC, airports, although limited service is expected to begin Sunday," data tracker FlightAware.com said Sunday. New York LaGuardia had almost 700 flights wiped out Sunday, more than 70% of the planned total, according to FlightAware. New York's other two major airports, JFK International and Newark Liberty International, each had about half their usual complement of take-offs and landings erased as of 9:15 am. FlightAware logged more than 630 Monday cancellations, with United Airlines' hub at Dulles International outside Washington airport accounting for roughly a third of the total. <br/>