US: Matthew: Airlines waive fees for Caribbean; U.S. next?

Air travellers were keeping a wary eye on Hurricane Matthew as forecasts continued to show it tracking toward the US East Coast later this week. Ominously for travelers to the region, the forecasts out late Monday evening showed an increasing likelihood that Matthew will at least come close to Florida and the Southeast. A US landfall remained a possibility by late week, though the storm’s projected path still had a large degree of uncertainty and it could still turn out to sea. For now, Matthew forced airlines to cancel some flights to Caribbean islands like Jamaica, Haiti and the Turks and Caicos. US fliers headed to those regions this week should prepare for disruptions. The complete cessation of flights is likely for parts of Cuba and the Bahamas. The US State Department had already issued travel warnings related to Matthew, advising Americans in parts of Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti and the Bahamas to leave ahead of the storm, if possible. So far, no US airlines had waived change fees for airports on the US mainland. But they are waiving change fees for flights in some parts of the Caribbean.<br/>