Airlines have canceled nearly 7,000 flights so far on Saturday and are starting to cut service on Monday, as driving snow and ice bring many East Coast airports to a standstill.
The bulk of Saturday’s 4,459 cancelations are at airports in the New York City and Washington metro areas, according to flight tracking service FlightAware. Another 2,467 flights were canceled for Sunday, and the count keeps rising.
As the storm intensified, United Airlines announced it would not operate out of airports in the Washington D.C. area Sunday. It says it expects to gradually resume service on Monday. At New York City area airports, it expects “very limited” service starting Sunday afternoon.
Travelers wait to be ticketed on Jan. 22, 2016, at San Francisco International airport in San Francisco. Thousands of flights have been canceled and delayed because of a blizzard that is ripping across the East Coast. AP Photo/Ben Margot
