American Airlines cancels 2,000 flights out of Florida hubs ahead of Hurricane Irma

American Airlines cancelled thousands of flights as Hurricane Irma approached South Florida Thursday, leaving would-be evacuees scrambling to find rides out of Miami and other airports in the region. The airline announced cancellations out of its Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, and West Palm Beach hubs beginning Thursday and lasting through the weekend. The airline […]

American Airlines Cancels Miami Flights for Hurricane Irma

American Airlines announced Wednesday that it is expecting to cancel flights to and from Miami because of Hurricane Irma. Flights to and from Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Sarasota and West Palm Beach were also cancelled during the weekend, as the storm gets closer to Florida. Flight Aware, which tracks flight cancellations and delays live, shows […]

Hurricane Irma: Air Transat airlifts all travellers from Cuba

After it evacuated its passengers out of the Dominican Republic, Air Transat is continuing its rescue operation and is evacuating its passengers that are in the trajectory of Hurricane Irma. The company announces that it is deploying a total of 10 flights to Cuba to evacuate its clients: four flights to Varadero, three to Santa […]

Air Canada Operating 24 Extra Flights for Customers Impacted by Hurricane Irma

Additional flights and larger aircraft represent 6,000 more seats In response to Hurricane Irma, Air Canada is operating a total of 24 additional flights to bring customers home early from the Dominican Republic (Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Samana), Florida (Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and Orlando), Cuba (Varadero, Holguin, Havana and Cayo Coco), Antigua and Providenciales, as […]

Hurricane Irma: Airlines expand change-fee waivers to include Florida airports

Airlines began expanding their Hurricane Irma change-fee waivers to include Florida airports as the storm appeared increasingly likely to track toward the state. American, JetBlue, Spirit, Southwest and Air Canada were among the carriers that now included at least some Florida airports in their Irma-related rebooking policies. Most airlines already had included some Caribbean destinations […]

How Hurricane Irma Will Affect Your Travel Plans

Following a week of floods and catastrophic storms in Texas from Hurricane Harvey, the U.S. is bracing itself for another potential hurricane landfall; this time, Hurricane Irma has already strengthened to a Category 5 storm, the strongest type of hurricane, with winds in excess of 175 miles per hour. Current projections see the storm raging […]

CAL cancels flights ahead of Hurricane Irma

Following the extensive damage suffered by parts of the United States of America from the onslaught of Hurricane Harvey, Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has taken precautionary measures by cancelling two of its flights in anticipation of Hurricane Irma. On Monday the airline announced that flights BW456 from Port of Spain to St Maarten and BW457 from […]

Top CEOs respond to Hurricane Harvey

A number of America"™s most prominent employers are pledging their support for storm-stricken staff as Hurricane Harvey continues to wreak havoc across the greater Houston area. Apple CEO Tim Cook addressed the ongoing natural disaster in an email to employees and said the company was matching employee donations two-for-one. "Thanks to your generosity and that […]

Boeing Donates $1 Million to Assist Hurricane Harvey Recovery and Relief Efforts

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] is committing $1 million from the Boeing Charitable Trust to assist with disaster relief across Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, the company announced today. The contributions will be directed through the American Red Cross for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. «Our thoughts are with all our neighbors and teammates […]

Will Hurricane Harvey impact your flight? Airlines offering re-bookings

Ahead of Hurricane Harvey’s anticipated landfall on the Gulf coast, several airlines are working with customers to rebook travel to and from airports throughout the region: AMERICAN AIRLINES will work with customers traveling to or from Austin, Beaumont, Brownsville, College Station, Corpus Christi, Harlingen, Houston, Lake Charles, McAllen or San Antonio, to re-book travel free […]