A Cold and Wet Weather Warning for the Washington, DC, International Airports of Seattle, Washington and Portland during the Fourth and Fourth Holiday Seasons

In the Pacific Northwest, flights to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and Portland International Airport were under ground on Friday morning because of snow and ice.

In an alert posted on its website the company said that there are nearly thirty routes that have been canceled for Friday. Cities impacted by the cancellations include Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Duluth and Kansas City.

Air traffic control issues triggered hours-long flight delays to Florida airports, the Federal Aviation Administration told CNN. There are significant cancellation and delays at the main airport in Denver, Colorado due to the winter weather.

Temperatures at the O’Hare dropped to 9 degrees Fahrenheit (-13 Celsius) around 5 p.m. local time. Snow and freezing fog were reported by the National Weather Service.

de-icing fluid is required for safe travel at the airports of Dallas Love, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver and Minneapolis.

Heavy rain and strong winds may change the flight schedule at La GuardiaAirport. Travelers, please confirm flight status with your airline before heading to the airport,” LaGuardia Airport posted on Twitter. The airports also posted similar notices.

For those whose flights are still scheduled to fly, the Transportation Security Administration is recommending that passengers arrive at the airport earlier than usual.

John Busch, Reagan National Airport’s TSA federal security director, told reporters that all airports “expect to be busier this holiday season than we’ve been in several years coming out of the pandemic. We expect Friday 30th to be very busy as we see some of our busiest days, yesterday and today.

A Winter Weather Warning for Intercity Intercity Buses in the Upper Midwest from New York City to Minneapolis, St. Louis, and Wichita

Maria Iheokaba told CNN that she was trying to get to Clear Lake with her granddaughter as soon as possible.

While in San Diego, Lucas was visiting her sister and brother-in-law, but cut the trip short because she didn’t want to get caught in the weather.

She said that San Diego doesn’t get the snowstorms she was worried about. I dislike it being trapped in the airport for long periods of time.

— Greyhound, the largest provider of intercity bus service, issued a service alert on Monday afternoon stating many of its scheduled services in the upper northeast will be canceled or disrupted until further notice due to winter weather. The affected cities are Buffalo, Cleveland and Syracuse.

Greyhound listed at least a dozen cities that are impacted from West Virginia to Minnesota. They include:

• Charleston, West Virginia• Chicago• Cleveland• Dallas• Danville, Illinois• Davenport, Iowa• Denver• Detroit• Indianapolis• Kansas City• Minneapolis, St. Louis and Wichita are located in Kansas.

The Northern Hemisphere Airport is going to hell: When will you wake up? How did Shane Phillips and his family get in the early plane?

The train company said impacted customers should be able to take trains leaving at similar times or on another day. If you click here you can get the latest alerts on delays or to follow them onTwitter. Go to @AmtrakNECAlerts for Northeast alerts.

Buffalo Niagara International Airport (BUF) tweeted that it would remain closed entirely until 11 am. Tuesday, December 27 — extending out a closing originally set to end at 11 a.m. Monday.

The Federal Aviation Administration posted ground stops Friday morning for flights bound for Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina, American Airlines’ second largest hub, and Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC, because of deicing.

Airlines have issued winter weather waivers allowing passengers to rebook at no cost within a limited time period. Find links to the airline waivers and more air travel strategies here

The airport in the Deep South felt the most damage from the storm by noon Christmas Day. Atlanta International, the world’s busiest airport for passengers, had the highest cancellation and delays.

Scott Keyes of Scott’s Cheap Flight said that the number of flights in the sky was down 15-20% and that a lot of people don’t realize it.

Shane Phillips told CNN he was set to fly from Los Angeles to Seattle to visit family, but when he woke up Friday morning, his Alaska Airlines flight had been canceled.

He feels mostly disappointed but not surprised. “I knew the weather was supposed to be bad, but I was hoping I’d get in before the freezing rain hit,” he added.

If he didn’t make it to Seattle, he’d have missed his friend’s holiday party, but he says he will make the best of it.

The Denver International/Jingle Bells event and the cancellations of Southwest Airlines flights after a severe weather day on Tuesday, December 25

Denver International kept their sense of humor during the event by posting a photo of a worker playingJingle Bells on a fiddle.

The storm’s effects in parts of the west are abating. The temperature at 1 p.m. MT at Denver International was already well above freezing at 46°F (8°C).

This megablast of winter weather across the eastern two-thirds of the nation is expected to moderate into the last week of the year. There were almost 200 Cancellations by 3 p.m.

Amtrak’s last service alert was posted Friday. The severe weather has caused Amtrak to make several service and cancelations from now through Sunday, December 25.

Air travelers in the US hoping for clear skies on Tuesday following a disastrous week of weather-related flight cancellations and delays will have to extend their patience a few more days — particularly if they’re flying with Southwest Airlines.

Southwest warns that such cancellations and delays are expected to continue for several more days, with representatives saying the Dallas-based airline is planning to dial back its flight schedule in order to get operations on track.

Southwest Airlines CEO Bob Jordan told the Wall Street Journal the company plans to operate just over a third of its schedule in upcoming days to give itself the ability for crews to get into the right positions.

Southwest Airlines Cancellations After a Weak Day: Jay McVay’s First Priority: Trying to Make Sure That You’re Not Enough

We had a bad day today. In all likelihood we’ll have another tough day tomorrow as we work our way out of this,” Jordan said in an interview Monday evening with WSJ.com.

CNN’s Carlos Suarez spoke with frustrated passengers in line at the Southwest ticket counter at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Monday afternoon.

CNN made phone calls to Southwest customer service on Monday but the calls didn’t go through so customers couldn’t get in the queue. Southwest told CNN it is “fully staffed to answer calls.”

If you’ve been left in the lurch and your efforts to reach a customer service agent are going nowhere, the founder of Scott’s Cheap Flights suggests trying an international number.

“The main hotline for US airlines will be clogged with other passengers getting rebooked. To get through to an agent quickly, call any one of the airline’s international offices.

“As the storm continued to sweep across the country, it continued to impact many of our larger stations, and so the cancellations just compiled one after another to 100 to 150 to 1000,” Jay Mc Vay said at a press conference at Houston’s William P. Hobby Airport on Monday night

When there are flight crews that are not in the cities that they need to be in to continue to run our operations, we end up with airplanes that aren’t in the places that they need to be.

McVay said that the company’s first priority right now is safety. He stated that they want to make sure that the flights are safe and that they have enough time to operate them.

“We will make sure that these people are taken care of and that we get them back to their homes as soon as possible”, he said.

“If you’ve left, please take care of yourself, do the things you have to do for your family, keep your receipts,” McVay said. “We will make sure they are taken care of, that is not a question.”

Source: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/southwest-flight-cancellations-winter-storm-tuesday/index.html

The Delays and Cancellations of Southwest Airlines at Denver Airport During the Monday Morning Intermediary Closed-Flight Arrival

An announcement made in the terminal apologized, and said that the next available seats were on December 31st and later. Southwest will provide buses to hotels so that the affected customers have somewhere to stay, the agent said.

The US DOT is concerned and issued a statement about the Southwest Airlines flight cancellation.

Meanwhile, in a call with CNN on Monday, the president of the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association, Captain Casey Murray, said the problems Southwest is experiencing have been brewing for a long time.

He said they have been having issues for the past 20 months. These sorts of meltdowns have occurred more often as a result of outdated processes and outdated IT.

When asked about the airline’s processes, he said they haven’t changed since the 1990s. “It’s phones, it’s computers, it’s processing power, it’s the programs used to connect us to airplanes — that’s where the problem lies, and it’s systemic throughout the whole airline.”

A publicly available airspace status notice showed flight delays early Monday afternoon averaging nearly three hours with a maximum delay up to six hours.

About 750 flights originating or destined for the Denver International Airport were either delayed or canceled Monday because of inclement weather, according to FlightAware.

Visibility has been at or below a quarter of a mile all day. Light snow fell overnight, but the primary reason for the delays and cancellations is the freezing fog and low visibility.