JUST IN: Airports on the East Coast are experiencing delayed flights due to a lack of visibility caused by Canadian wildfire smoke.
The Federal Aviation Administration has warned travelers to expect flight delays at East Coast airports for the next few days. irports on the East Coast are experiencing delayed flights due to a lack of visibility caused by Canadian wildfire smoke. As of 11:45 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, nearly 1,400 flights had been delayed in the U.S.
,United Airlines is the first and perhaps the sole major carrier to have issued a travel advisory allowing passengers flying in or out of impacted airports to rebook tickets without paying a fare difference.covers Thursday and Friday flights in and out of 24 airports in the Northeast, in a large area sweeping reaching from Toronto to Norfolk, Virginia and from as far east as Detroit to Providence, Rhode Island. The alert covers tickets purchased on or before Wednesday.
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