Airlines Cancel More Than 1,500 Flights Ahead Of Late Winter Storm

Airlines have preemptively canceled more than 700 flights for Monday and another 800 scheduled to depart Tuesday as a late-winter season snowstorm threatens several cities in the Northeast.

Meteorologists predict a Nor’easter barreling up the East Coast will dump up to 24 inches of snow across the Northeast Megalopolis — the region that runs from Washington and Baltimore through Philadelphia and New York and on up to Boston — beginning Monday night and running into Wednesday.

As of 10:30 a.m. ET on Monday, 948 flights within, into or out of the United States had already been cancelled, and another 629 had been delayed, FlightAware reported.

And 24 hours in advance, the airlines had already pre-emptively cancelled 1,736 flights that had been scheduled for Tuesday.

Before heading to airport, carriers are advising to check in with customer service to see if your scheduled flight is on time.

Ahead of the storm, American, United, Delta, Virgin, JetBlue, Southwest and Spirit posted travel advisories on their websites informing travelers booked to fly in the affected areas between March 12 and March 15 that they were waiving their change fees for reservations.