More than 6 thousands of flights canceled due to snowfall in the US

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Difficult meteorological conditions over the east coast of the United States led to the cancellation of a total of 6 thousands of flights, reports NBC News.

According to the portal portal flight aware22 in January due to a snowstorm, 2950 flights to and from American cities were canceled on 3551, and 23 cannot be flown on Saturday, January XNUMX.

The Russian airline Aeroflot has canceled flights to and from New York on January 23, expressing its readiness to issue an involuntary refund of tickets at the place of purchase.

Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) announced the cancellation of flights Kyiv-New York on January 23 and New York-Kyiv on January 24. Passengers are offered to reissue their tickets for the next possible dates or receive a full refund of the cost of tickets by contacting the airline's representative offices or the airline's contact center at +38 044 581 50 50 (for calls in Ukraine) or +1 800 876 0114 (for calls in the USA) .

Kiev resident Vitaly Boyarintsev, who was to fly with his wife to New York on Saturday, told ForumDaily that it was almost impossible to reach the contact center of the company using the Ukrainian number, all lines were overloaded. However, after the 15-20 minutes of waiting on the line, we were able to contact the UIA U.S. representative office, whose employees re-issued a ticket for January 30 for free. All flights to 30 January are already fully booked.

Moskvich Maxim Borovsky has been traveling around the USA for several days. On Saturday, he planned to fly from Spirit to New York to Miami. Today, the young man received an email stating that his flight was canceled, and the next flight to Miami is scheduled only for Monday.

"I'm shocked. I still have meetings in Miami. I tried to call Spirit for several hours. But no one answers the phone there, it’s terrible. Other airlines have tripled their prices. I had to take a $340 one way ticket for tomorrow night on Delta. I don’t know what will happen,” an upset Russian tourist told ForumDaily.

* Already after the publication of the material, it became known that the second flight, which was to fly Maxim Borovsky, was canceled.

Muscovite Maxim Borovsky can not fly from New York to Miami. Photos from the personal archive of M. Borovsky

American airlines are also canceling their flights one by one. American Airlines announced the cancellation of all Friday flights from Washington, Baltimore and Charlotte.

From 4 hours of the day, United Airlines canceled its flights from Washington Dulles Airport and other airports in the mid-Atlantic coast.

The same situation with the airports themselves. Philadelphia International Airport canceled in advance all flights scheduled for Saturday, due to the expected blizzard of January in the city of 23.

Flights are also canceled at the airports of those states that will not be affected by the snowy elements, including Florida. For example, Miami Airport has already canceled at least 47 flights due to bad weather at destinations, and Fort Lauderdale Airport has announced the cancellation of 63 flights.

In American social networks hashtag is gaining popularity #MonsterStorm (“Monster Storm”)

The number of canceled flights in the United States continues to increase, as the unfavorable weather forecast will continue at least until Sunday.

A blizzard, according to weather forecasters, can lead to historical figures for the level of snow cover in some regions, including the capital. In washington like wrote ForumDaily, a state of emergency has been declared, government and educational institutions are closed in the city.

The state of emergency, in addition to the capital of the United States, was introduced in the states of Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee and Maryland. It is not excluded that this list will be replenished in the near future by other states located in the middle part of the Atlantic coast.