Massive Northeast Blizzard Cancels Thousands of Flights

Due Winter Storm Juno, by Monday afternoon most major U.S. airlines had announced massive flight cancellations for Tuesday.

A plane is de-iced during a light snow at LaGuardia Airport in New York on Jan. 26, 2015. Airlines canceled thousands of flights into and out of East Coast airports as a major snowstorm packing up to three feet of snow barrels down on the region. AP Photo/Seth Wenig

Winter Storm Juno, being called a blizzard of historic proportions, promised to wreck havoc even before it got going. By Monday afternoon most major U.S. airlines had announced massive flight cancellations for Tuesday.

United Airlines cancelled all flights in New York, New Jersey, Boston, Mass. and Philadelphia, Pa. American Airlines is running on a “very limited schedule” in the Northeast on Tuesday.

Delta Airlines cancelled 960 flights for Tuesday, and will offer limited service at the LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy (JFK) airports in New York City. Delta will not operate at Boston’s Logan International Airport. Delta spokesperson Morgan Durrant said the airline may cancel flights for Wednesday morning as well.

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