US airlines cancel 1,800 flights, winter storm warnings issued

Airlines in the United States have cancelled or delayed thousands of flights during peak holiday travel on Friday due to severe winter storm warnings, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. A total of 1,139 flights were cancelled and 3,808 delayed as of 12:30 p.m. ET, the website said. Airports across the Northeast and Midwest warned travellers of disruptions, including New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport and Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Several airports have posted warnings on the social media platform X, alerting travellers to potential delays or cancellations.

Airlines in the United States have canceled or delayed thousands of flights during peak holiday travel due to severe winter storm warnings, according to flight tracking website FlightAware https://t.co/U9Wz2W1pl9 pic.twitter.com/5xFqKBG67x

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The National Weather Service issued warnings for Winter Storm Devin, saying it would bring dangerous travel conditions across the Great Lakes, northern Mid-Atlantic and southern New England through Saturday morning. “For areas farther north from upstate New York to the Tri-State area, including New York City and Long Island, 4 to 8 inches of snowfall is forecast late Friday into the night,” the Storm Prediction Center said. The National Weather Service said winter storm warnings and advisories now span a broad swath of the country, including parts of California, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Montana, Utah, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and Massachusetts.