Thousands of U.S. flights delayed, canceled amid massive winter storm
CBSN
More than 2,200 flights were delayed and canceled at airports across the U.S. on Wednesday morning as a coast-to-coast winter storm affecting most of the northern half of the country continued to track east from Washington toward New England.
Following several days of reported disruptions to air travel, which prompted major airlines like Delta and Southwest to issue weather waivers in anticipation of further scheduling issues, at least 1,109 U.S. flights were delayed and another 1,116 were canceled before 11 a.m. ET on Wednesday, according to the online tracking database FlightAware. Those numbers account for flights originally scheduled to move within, into or out of the U.S.
Along with SkyWest, Delta and Southwest are among the airlines most affected by this week's winter storm. Each individual airline had already canceled between 231 and 239 flights by mid-morning on Wednesday, the database showed, while Southwest and Delta reported 178 and 152 delayed trips, respectively.
