US: After chaos, Port Authority sets storm rules for planes to Kennedy

Airlines will be prohibited from sending planes to Kennedy Airport during winter storms, like the one that caused chaos there in January, unless they have received assurances that gates will be available on landing. The change is one of several the Port Authority plans to announce Monday to prevent a recurrence of the epic runway traffic jam that left hundreds of travellers stranded on planes for hours during the first weekend of 2018. The agency also will require better management of luggage at Kennedy after some travellers did not get their bags back for several days following the storm, nicknamed a “bomb cyclone” by meteorologists, that dropped several inches of snow on Queens. The announcement of the new procedures comes about a month before the results of an investigation into the causes of the chaos at Kennedy are due. <br/>