More than 5,000 flights delayed or cancelled due to severe storms in the U.S.
More than 5,000 flights across the United States were delayed or canceled Monday after severe storms hit parts of the country, primarily the Southeast and Ohio Valley.
FlightAware data showed that on Monday afternoon, 3,825 flights were delayed and another 1,304 were canceled.
United Airlines has been the most affected with about 8% of its schedule (244 flights) cancelled and another 502 flights delayed. For its part, Delta cancelled 182 flights from its schedule and delayed 465 flights.
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Republic Airways, which operates short-haul flights for American Airlines, Delta and United, saw 23% of its schedule cancelled (218 flights) and 15% delayed (147 flights). Delta-owned Endeavor Air suffered a similar number of delays and cancellations.
The delays and cancellations come after thunderstorms hit parts of Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi and the Ohio Valley Sunday night, according to the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center.
The four airports most affected Monday morning were United and Delta’s main hubs: Newark Liberty in New Jersey, New York’s two airports (LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy), Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson and Boston’s Logan, CNN reported.
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