First airline flights land in Puerto Rico since Maria hit

The first airline flights to hurricane-battered Puerto Rico arrived Friday, but difficult conditions at the island's main airport caused airlines to scale back plans for more flights over the weekend. Two American Airlines planes from Miami and one from Philadelphia arrived at San Juan's Luis Munoz Marin International Airport Friday morning. The flights carried relief supplies and federal airport screeners to help staff security checkpoints at the airport, an airline spokesman said. Another plane got halfway to Puerto Rico before returning to Miami because the San Juan airport couldn't handle another plane. President Donald Trump tweeted thanks to American and CEO Doug Parker "for all of the help you have given to the U.S. with Hurricane flights. Fantastic job!" Two JetBlue Airways planes with relief supplies — one of them also carrying New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo — also landed on the island, a JetBlue spokesman said. American planned a single round trip from Philadelphia on Saturday and again Sunday, but was not yet selling seats on those flights by Friday afternoon. Delta Air Lines said it would fly relief workers and supplies from Atlanta on a single flight Saturday and take passengers off the island on the return trip while canceling other flights. It plans to operate a single round trip on Sunday.<br/>