BREAKING Flight delays and cancellations already piling up at Salt Lake City Int'l Airport this morning as nationwide storm affecting holiday travel
Flight delays and cancellations are starting to pile up at Salt Lake City International Airport on Thursday as people attempt to fly in or out during the busy holiday travel season.While those local numbers may seem like a lot, they are merely a drop in the bucket compared to what airports in areas affected by the massive storm are seeing. There have already been nearly 1,550 canceled flights in the U.S. on Thursday morning and over 2,200 delays.
The storm is arriving just as the busy holiday travel season reaches its peak, with a booming return at airports following the pandemic. Delta said it expects approximately 9 million customers during this December holiday period, just shy of the total customers flown in 2019.United will waive its change fee and any difference in fare on qualifying tickets for flights departing on or before Dec. 28 at many U.S. airports.
American said it would waive its change fees on qualifying tickets for those who plan to fly over the holidays at 29 listed airports in the northeast that could be affected by the winter storm. Southwest issued a travel advisory for airports in the midwest, saying that those with qualifying tickets traveling through Monday could rebook their flights"without paying any additional charge."
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