Snow Still Thwarting New York Airports
Thursday, December 30th, 2010
According to The Wall Street Journal flights to and from the New York area continue to face delays following the December 26 blizzard which struck the area. The paper says “vicious winds” continue to prevent travel.
While WSJ did say there was hope for stranded travelers, they also pointed out that New Years travel could continue to thwart progress. “Air travel could improve Wednesday as calmer winds were in the forecast,” the paper wrote December 29. “But with the heavily traveled New Year’s weekend ahead, flights later this week were already packed, leaving few seats for passengers eager to depart Northeast airports.”
“More than 2,000 passengers continued to wait at JFK Tuesday,” the paper added. “Gate shortages forced arriving planes to divert. Slow subways and a non-functioning airport train made it tough for some travelers to even get to airports.”
While WSJ did say there was hope for stranded travelers, they also pointed out that New Years travel could continue to thwart progress. “Air travel could improve Wednesday as calmer winds were in the forecast,” the paper wrote December 29. “But with the heavily traveled New Year’s weekend ahead, flights later this week were already packed, leaving few seats for passengers eager to depart Northeast airports.”
“More than 2,000 passengers continued to wait at JFK Tuesday,” the paper added. “Gate shortages forced arriving planes to divert. Slow subways and a non-functioning airport train made it tough for some travelers to even get to airports.”
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