More than 6,000 flights canceled so far this week - CNN

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So acold this week, much than 6,000 flights person been canceled within, into oregon retired of the United States arsenic icy upwind has deed ample swaths of the country.

By Thursday afternoon, astir 6,300 formation cancellations had been logged connected formation tracking tract FlightAware since Monday, including much than 750 Thursday cancellations.

Operations person been hardest deed astatine 3 Texas airports: Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW), Dallas Love Field (DAL) and Austin Bergstrom International (AUS).

More than fractional of the week’s formation cancellations truthful acold – much than 3,200 – person been to oregon from DFW, including much than 500 connected Thursday.

The hardest-hit airlines are besides based successful Texas, namely American (whose office is adjacent DFW) and Southwest (whose location basal is successful Dallas).

American’s operations saw the astir disruption connected Thursday, with much than 400 formation cancellations, oregon astir 13% of its schedule. Southwest had acold less cancellations connected Thursday – astir 70 flights, oregon 1% of its schedule.

Southwest Airlines issued a winter upwind waiver across a dozen airports successful Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Arkansas and Kentucky. The waiver applies to affected question betwixt January 30 to February 2.

American Airlines’ winter upwind waiver includes astir 20 airports for question from January 29 to February 3.

DFW Airport said connected Twitter Wednesday that it “continues to mitigate the impacts of the existent wintertime upwind successful the area.”

Travelers are advised to cheque with their airlines connected formation presumption earlier going to the airport.