Icy weather snarls holiday travel for thousands of US fliers
Freezing rain and snow disrupted more than 7,000 flights across the US ahead of the Christmas-season traffic peak, slowing thousands of travellers with delays and cancellations centered on airports in Denver, Chicago and Washington. United Continental and Southwest Airlines were among the hardest-hit carriers. Each has a major base in all 3 markets, and snags also rippled into United’s hub at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty. The winter weather slapped the airline industry just as traffic began building for the 21-day holiday period that began Dec. 16. A4A predicts a 3.5% increase in passengers during the period from a year earlier, to 45m. Tardy flights topped 5,100 in the US at 6:30 pm New York time, in addition to almost 2,200 flights that had been scrubbed. <br/>
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Icy weather snarls holiday travel for thousands of US fliers
Freezing rain and snow disrupted more than 7,000 flights across the US ahead of the Christmas-season traffic peak, slowing thousands of travellers with delays and cancellations centered on airports in Denver, Chicago and Washington. United Continental and Southwest Airlines were among the hardest-hit carriers. Each has a major base in all 3 markets, and snags also rippled into United’s hub at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty. The winter weather slapped the airline industry just as traffic began building for the 21-day holiday period that began Dec. 16. A4A predicts a 3.5% increase in passengers during the period from a year earlier, to 45m. Tardy flights topped 5,100 in the US at 6:30 pm New York time, in addition to almost 2,200 flights that had been scrubbed. <br/>
