Airlines care continuing to cancel flights in the Northeast as Hurricane Sandy moves up the coast.
Major carriers plan to cancel all flights into and out of three area airports in New York. Delays are rippling across the U.S. and it’s affecting travelers in cities such as San Francisco, Chicago and Paris. According to the flight-tracking service FlightAware, more than 6,800 flights had been canceled so far.
State Department of Transportation officials say two United Airline flights, one from Honolulu to Newark,New Jersey, the other from Honolulu to Washington-Dulles are cancelled Sunday and Monday.
Hawaiian airlines also cancelled scheduled service between Honolulu and New York City for Sunday and Monday.
To accommodate affected passengers Hawaiian has scheduled an additional round trip to New York City that will depart Honolulu on Tuesday afternoon, providing the storm clears as expected.
Affected passengers will be booked on this flight or Hawaiian’s other regularly scheduled flights between Honolulu and New York-JFK, and are advised to call Hawaiian’s reservations at 1-800-367-5320 to confirm flight details. Hawaiian earlier pledged to waive any booking change fees related for passengers affected by the
hurricane. The affected flights are HA 50, which departs daily from Honolulu International Airport at 3:05 p.m., and HA 51, which departs daily from John F. Kennedy International Airport at 10:00 a.m. Neighbor island residents making connections to Sunday’s flight are being re-booked on flights back home, and returned to Honolulu when the JFK flights resume at no additional cost.
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