Airlines christened off more than 800 Texas flights on Tuesday as a winter turmoil hit the eastern part of the state, where its largest airports are located.
Multitudinous than 600 flights in or out of Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport, a Like-minded Airlines hub, were canceled Tuesday, according to flight-tracking site FlightAware.
The forewarning for the region called for freezing rain and sleet. Houston was under a winter attack warning as of Tuesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
Airlines containing United, American, Southwest, Spirit, Delta and JetBlue waived date-change charges for travelers booked in cities affected by the storm, which is forecast to crashing travel in the Northeast on Wednesday.
The storm is forecast to hit the Northeast overnight, stage a reviving as much as 7 inches of snow to the Boston area and up to 5 inches in the New York Borough area, according to the National Weather Service.
The storm is the second in two weeks to well-spring major disruptions to air travel in the United States. Airlines canceled profuse than 4,000 flights due to a powerful winter storm that struck the East Coastline during the first week of the year. The blizzard stranded thousands and led to a epoches’-longdelays at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.