All told, 3,505 flights scheduled for Sunday, 865 flights for Monday and 50 flights for Tuesday have been cancelled according to flight tracking service FlightAware. In the NY area, United operations would only start with a trickle of flights starting on Sunday afternoon.
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Amtrak was operating Sunday on all its routes, but with a reduced number of trains.
Airports in New York, Washington DC and Philadelphia were forced to stop operations on Saturday after these cities were affected by snowfalls of up to one metre in depth. Moscow Sheremetyevo airport said on its website that two Aeroflot flights to NY were canceled today while two others flew on schedule.
Delta said its teams began working before daybreak at both airports to de-ice aircraft and ground equipment and clear snow from ramp and terminal areas. A few were also from Washington, D.C.
“We’re digging out of 29.3″ of snow at IAD, and we plan to gradually restart operations there & at surrounding airports on Monday afternoon”, United Airlines tweeted.
“This policy applies to flights to/from New York JFK, Newark, Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia”.
So-called Winter Storm Jonas pummeled much of the Eastern Coast over the weekend, leaving more than 35 inches of snow in its wake in many cities.
Thousands of flights have been canceled across the country. Virgin Atlantic canceled three flights from London to Washington and NY.
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Airlines have said they are trying to restore service to airports in the Northeast as quickly as possible.
