Airlines, now more proactive on weather, allow fliers to shift own travel plans

Many airlines are now issuing "weather waivers", recognising that they can make life easier for themselves and their passengers by anticipating weather delays and putting travel changes in the hands of their customers (and their smartphones) before the situation escalates into an act-of-God crisis. Airline passengers used to go to airports as storms brewed, hoping that their flights would be able to depart, then enduring long rebooking lines if they were canceled. Now, airlines are notifying customers, sometimes days in advance, of a potential disruption and giving them online ways to change their own flights. Weather waivers generally give several options to ticketholders planning to use affected airports. <br/>