The airlines canceled more than 5, flights in the United States United States, after Hurricane Ian hit the Florida coast with catastrophic force on Wednesday.
The hurricane is causing significant disruption to air travel in the United States, especially in the southeast of the country. Since Tuesday the airlines have canceled more than 5, flights until on Friday, according to industry sources.
The airlines canceled 2,163 flights this Wednesday as several Florida airports temporarily halted operations, including Tampa, Orlando, Sarasota-Bradenton, Melbourne, Daytona Beach, Naples and St. Petersburg/Clearwater.
The airline tracking website Flightaware reported that 1 had been cancelled,935 flights for Thursday and other 738 flights for Friday were scrapped. Airlines canceled 403 flights the Tuesday before the storm.
Airports consider reopening
The Orlando airport said it hopes to resume commercial operations at some point of Friday. The Tampa airport said it will be closed until at least Thursday.
Walt Disney said on Tuesday that it would close its Orlando theme parks on Wednesday and Thursday.
In addition, damage was reported north of Miami at North Perry Airport due to Hurricane Ian, and images of several overturned planes due to strong gusts of wind were published on social networks.
Florida is an important part of American aviation, and some companies such as JetBlue Airways and Southwest Airlines often expect the 28% or more of your daily flights touch a Florida airport.
As of Wednesday, JetBlue canceled 25% of its flights and the 20% of flights on Thursday, while Southwest canceled the 13% of Wednesday flights and 9% of Thursday flights. Another 3,106 American flights were delayed on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the Panamanian Copa Airlines reported this Wednesday that it canceled flights to and from the cities of Orlando, Tampa and Miami, and Havana, in Cuba, between today and next Friday, due to the trajectory of the powerful Hurricane Ian.
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