Flight delays, cancellations as another winter storm hits the U.S. East Coast

TORONTO — Winter operational conditions along the U.S. East Coast and parts of the Maritimes have Air Canada, WestJet and Porter issuing travel alerts.

Air Canada has brought in its flexible rebooking policy for passengers looking to make alternative flight arrangements for: Austin, Boston, Charlottetown, Dallas, Deer Lake, Houston, New Orleans, New York (LGA, JFK and EWR), Philadelphia, St. John’s and Washington (DCA and IAD), all for Jan. 20; Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, Houston and New Orleans for Jan. 21; and Atlanta, Austin, Houston and New Orleans for Jan. 22.

For more information on Air Canada’s alerts, click here.

WestJet’s travel alert is for Atlanta and Houston, for travel Jan. 21 – 22.

For more information on WestJet’s alerts, click here.

Porter Airlines meanwhile has winter weather travel alerts for Boston, Charlottetown, Fredericton, Moncton, New York (EWR) and St. John’s.

More information about Porter flights can be found here.

A check on arrival and departure times shows a handful of delays for St. John’s (YYT) and so far smooth operations at Charlottetown (YYG) and Deer Lake (YDF).

MORE SNOW ON THE WAY

In the U.S., residents from the Northern Plains to the tip of Maine are bracing for low temperatures as tens of millions of residents along the East Coast contend with a thick blanket of snow – and more snowfall in the forecast.

Yesterday’s snowfall was just the start of a turbulent week of weather as much of the Eastern Seaboard will be enduring some of the coldest temperatures this winter.

An area from the Rockies into the Northern Plains will see colder than normal weather over several days, with temperatures forecast to drop to between minus 34 degrees Celsius to minus 48 degrees Celsius on Monday. Sub-zero wind chills are forecast to reach as far south as Oklahoma and the Tennessee Valley.

The colder temperatures will dip into the South early this week, where as many as 30 million people starting Monday could see a wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain. The unusual conditions are expected to stretch from Texas into northern Florida and the Carolinas. Impacts are expected starting Monday night in Texas and then spreading across the Gulf Coast and Southeast on Tuesday into Wednesday.

The snowfall was disrupting flights along the Eastern Seaboard. Nearly 130 flights at New York City-area airports were canceled and nearly 90 others were delayed, according to the FlightAware flight tracking service. Dozens of flights also were canceled or delayed at airports around Washington, D.C., and Boston.

With file from The Associated Press 

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