Hundreds of flights had been delayed or cancelled at Boston airport on Monday as severe weather disrupted journey throughout the United States.
According to FlightAware, Logan Airport recorded 279 cancellations and 339 delays by late night. Nationwide, greater than 5,400 flights had been cancelled.
Officials stated many of the disruption was because of the storm system shifting throughout the nation, with no main safety points reported.
Passengers described lengthy waits and repeated cancellations. Maeve Higgins, who was travelling to Florida, spoke to CBS News and stated: “We booked our trip two months ago, and everything was good, and then this morning we had our flight get canceled one time, rescheduled it, and then it got canceled again.”
“We needed to come right here to get it rescheduled once more as a result of they weren’t answering the telephones. We had been on maintain for 3 and a half hours all morning”, she added.
Many travellers had been compelled to alter plans or delay journeys. Lauren Price, a part of the identical group, instructed the outlet: “The hotel is non-refundable, so we are just going to go there for as many days as we can get.”
By noon, all remaining flights from Boston to New York had been cancelled.
