US: Airlines cancel 2,000 flights, waive fees amid blizzard warning
Airlines have cancelled nearly 2,000 flights Wednesday as a late-season winter storm is set to bring blizzard conditions to parts of the Rockies and upper Midwest. In the storm’s crosshairs is Denver, which is a major hub or base for three big carriers: Southwest, United and Frontier. Nationwide, about 1,940 flights had been canceled and another 2,700 delayed as of 4:40 pa.m. ET, according to flight-tracking service FlightAware.com. Blizzard conditions and up to a foot of snow were possible by Thursday for Denver and other parts of Colorado. All big airlines were waiving change fees, both for Denver and for numerous other cities in the path of the storm – dubbed “Ulmer” by The Weather Channel.<br/>
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US: Airlines cancel 2,000 flights, waive fees amid blizzard warning
Airlines have cancelled nearly 2,000 flights Wednesday as a late-season winter storm is set to bring blizzard conditions to parts of the Rockies and upper Midwest. In the storm’s crosshairs is Denver, which is a major hub or base for three big carriers: Southwest, United and Frontier. Nationwide, about 1,940 flights had been canceled and another 2,700 delayed as of 4:40 pa.m. ET, according to flight-tracking service FlightAware.com. Blizzard conditions and up to a foot of snow were possible by Thursday for Denver and other parts of Colorado. All big airlines were waiving change fees, both for Denver and for numerous other cities in the path of the storm – dubbed “Ulmer” by The Weather Channel.<br/>
