Airlines Eyeing Approaching Storms
EmailABC's Lisa Stark reports from Washington:
It’s pretty quiet today at the airports, no significant delays or cancelations. The only problems passengers are finding is with long security lines. But don’t breathe just yet… airlines are keeping a close watch on storms heading to the Rockies and Midwestern U.S.
Delta tells me it is about to issue a weather bulletin allow passengers in 10 states to change tickets without penalty starting today through Dec. 27th. Those states are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin and North and South Dakota. They are encouraging folks to try to change travel plans to get out ahead of any storms if possible. Delta has hubs in Detroit and Minneapolis-St. Paul.
United too has issued a Midwest travel waiver to encourage customers to fly before the snow and ice arrives.
Southwest has a huge operation at Midway in Chicago (second biggest hub after BWI) and their planners and dispatchers have already “begun the process of preparing for this storm”.
No one has started pre-canceling any flights yet – but stay tuned. That may happen tomorrow.
Denver airport expects to get 1-3 inches of snow tonight, but that’s a cakewalk for them.
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We just heard that Southwest (among other airlines)were allowing changes if flying to certain cities (Minneapolis/Chicago as well as others)> SW denies this, what is the story??
Posted by: smg | December 22, 2009, 7:05 pm 7:05 pm
I saw your story this evening about airlines wanting to help with fees with the new round of storms approaching. I just called Frontier airlines who will waive the fee but want to charge me $189 more for 2 tickets because of a fare change for a flight the next day that is half empty? That’s not helpful at all. What’s up with that. A good investigative story for ABC News to follow.
Posted by: Mike | December 22, 2009, 7:50 pm 7:50 pm
Like the other posts that you have here, I too was told by the airlines that your information is incorrect. “All flights are still scheduled on time…” according to Delta and US Airways. They won’t be happy until we spend a night or two on the floor of the airport.
Posted by: M Barton | December 22, 2009, 8:26 pm 8:26 pm
It appears to me that the English language is no longer taught in (so-called) schools of journalism. I suppose it’s been replaced with “Alternative Puberty 101″.
Either that, or ABC has replaced the position formerly known as “Editor” with a cardboard cutout.
The first sentence of the second paragraph contains a rather glaring spelling error.
Posted by: Mike Lee | December 22, 2009, 10:33 pm 10:33 pm
I am a great Charlie Gibson fan, but Diane Sawyer is every bit the pro! She does a great job. I especially appreciate the coverage of the health reform activities. I’m aghast at the deal making – Talk about the selling of America! Keep up the good coverage. Now a piddly comment – I noticed a lot of changes – including the background graphics, with the change to Diane. The blue is attractive, but I prefered the combo of blue/red/yellow behind Charlie as he gave his well modulated intro’s.
Posted by: Charlotte Olsen | December 22, 2009, 11:12 pm 11:12 pm
Storms are important to keep an eye on.
What about people with bombs in their underwear?
Posted by: just saying | December 29, 2009, 3:31 pm 3:31 pm