Winter storm triggers air travel misery

A deadly winter storm that’s been sweeping across the U.S.
has caused the highest number of air travel shutdowns
since Covid-19 – forcing major airlines to
cancel thousands of departures

More than 80% of flights
from LaGuardia (left) and
other New York area
airports were cancelled

FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS
DURING STORM WEEKEND

Fri
JAN 23
1,209

Sat
JAN 24
4,626

Sun
JAN 25
12,587

Mon
JAN 26
4,076

Total
Fri-Mon:
22,498

FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS BY AIRLINE
(tracks top 10 highest cancellations, based on Sunday peak)

Fri
SkyWest 117
American Airlines 104
Southwest 103
Delta Airlines 41
United 22
PSA Airlines 18
Republic 16
Endeavour Air 12
JetBlue 1
Piedmont 0

Sat
American Airlines 1,068
Southwest 589
SkyWest 343
PSA Airlines 268
Delta Airlines 244
United 185
Republic 152
JetBlue 101
Piedmont 96
Endeavour Air 72

Sun PEAK
American Airlines 1,897
Delta Airlines 1,484
Southwest 1,347
United 1,019
Republic 911
PSA Airlines 592
JetBlue 591
Endeavour Air 515
SkyWest 444
Piedmont 412

Mon
American Airlines 589
Republic 506
JetBlue 385
Delta Airlines 369
Southwest 314
United 278
Endeavour Air 205
PSA Airlines 130
SkyWest 101
Piedmont 67

Note: More than 500 domestic and international airlines operate in U.S.

Source: FlightAware
Data as of 1030GMT, Jan 26
Picture: Getty Images
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