Hundreds of flights canceled, NY airports the most affected – Telemundo New York (47)

Airlines such as Southwest, United and American have canceled thousands of flights as the coast suffers from a heavy snowfall.

Flight cancellations within, within or outside the United States amounted to 2,202 as of 5.30 a.m. Friday, according to the tracking site. FlightAware. At the same point, there were 4,158 cancellations worldwide, according to FlightAware.

Southwest had canceled 517 flights as of 5:30 a.m. Friday, according to FlightAware. United reported 177 flights canceled, American Airlines a total of 160 and JetBlue up to 152.

New York’s LaGuardia Airport had the most flight cancellations as of 5.30 a.m. Friday, with 187, according to FlightAware. Boston Logan had 135, New York’s JFK had 127, and Newark Liberty had 122.

The latest wave of flight cancellations comes after a severe disruption during the Christmas period caused by a growing number of staff infected by the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, as well as bad weather in parts of the country.

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