FlightStats.com reported early Wednesday that some 2,664 flights have been canceled in North America

FlightStats.com has issued a report stating that from October 27th to November 1st in North America alone, 20,254 flights were canceled due to Hurricane Sandy . Roughly 9,978 flights were canceled at New York area airports alone.
United stands as the airline with the most cancellations by Sandy (2,149), followed by JetBlue (1,469), US Airways (1,454), Southwest (1,436), Delta (1,293) and American (759). In an examination of weather events over the past seven years, Sandy comes in second in terms of total number of cancelled flights, behind the North American Blizzard of February 2010 (22,441 flights).
Amtrak, however, is still facing uncertainty. The rail line said Thursday that water has been pumped from one of the two Amtrak tunnels beneath the Hudson River and repairs are ongoing , the Associated Press reports. The company said it would update passengers once it has run test trains through the tunnels later Thursday.
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According to information shared with Huffington Post Travel by FlightStats.com, roughly 1,021 flights have been canceled for October 31, bringing the total number of flights canceled to around 17,062.
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Before flights can take off, the airlines have a number of factors to consider , according to the AP. Among them, whether the runways are open, whether public transportation is available to get workers to the airport and whether all the staff needed to run an airport (TSA, customs officials, fuel trucks, caterers, etc) are available.
American Airlines and American Eagle have canceled 1,687 flights from Sunday through Wednesday, October 31, airline spokesman Matt Miller told Huffington rental cars italy venice rome convertible Post Travel. The airline won't be operating until at least midday Wednesday at eight airports in the mid-Atlantic and northeast, including Norfolk, rental cars italy venice rome convertible Baltimore, Dulles, Reagan, Newark, JFK, LaGuardia and Philadelphia. The airline anticipates "late starts" on Tuesday at seven airports, including rental cars italy venice rome convertible Bradley International, Boston Logan, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Richmond, Columbus and Dayton, with Chicago O'Hare also impacted. Customers rental cars italy venice rome convertible who were issued tickets no later than October 26, with travel scheduled between October 28 and 31 to, from and through the 22 total airports affected can change their flights without penalty, have the ticket-reissue charge waived for one ticket change, and begin travel as late as November 7.
A Frontier spokeswoman informed us that approximately 60 flights have been canceled to the airline's East Coast destinations. Because Denver-based Frontier only services a select number of airports in the East, it was not as affected as the larger U.S. carriers. Customers with reservations through November 1 will be allowed to modify their itinerary so long as it is done by that date, and travel is completed by November 14.
JetBlue spokeswoman Allison Steinberg told Huffington Post Travel via email that the airline has "proactively" cancelled 1,200 flights from Sunday through Wednesday morning, but it anticipates that Boston and Washington ops will resume Tuesday. Steinberg said that both cities report "good airport conditions and good/fair public transit options." When asked about the possible financial impact Sandy would have on the airline, she said it was "too early" to predict.
The airline anticipates returning rental cars italy venice rome convertible to normal operations by midday rental cars italy venice rome convertible Wednesday except at LaGuardia, Newark, Philadelphia and Long Island MacArthur airports. Click here for more information from Southwest and here for more on AirTran .
United Airlines has canceled 4,700 flights Sunday through Wednesday, or roughly 20% of all total scheduled flights for that time period. The airline is hopeful that it will be able to resume inbound flights to Newark by early Wednesday afternoon, airline spokesman Charles Hobart told Huffington Post Travel via email. Hobart added that customers whose flights are canceled or delayed more than two hours are eligible for a refund. rental cars italy venice rome convertible They may also rebook with fees waived.
United flights into Dulles will likely resume Tuesday evening, and will return to a normal schedule on Wednesday. All regional operations to and from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport are suspended rental cars italy venice rome convertible through rental cars italy venice rome convertible Tuesday afternoon, rental cars italy venice rome convertible according to United's website, and many flights into and out of Chicago O'Hare are delayed due to high winds.
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So far the airline has canceled 132 flights to Washington Dulles, Washington Reagan, Philadelphia, JFK and Boston Logan, airline spokeswoman Patricia Condon told Huffington Post Travel via email. For details, rental cars italy venice rome convertible head to Virgin America's website .
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On Saturday, 27-year-old Kate Frasca was manning Con Edison's Twitter account, @ConEdison , responding to customers' frustrations, questions, praise and criticism at an average clip of one tweet every six minutes.
For hours, giant waves crashed against Rockaway Beach, making a tremendous roar that could be heard up and down the 11-mile peninsula. "We kept constant watch on the boardwalk," said Diane Hudson, who lives on a high floor in a building about a half block from the Atlantic Ocean. "There was no water on it, so we thought we were OK."
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"This has been an extraordinary storm that has created unthinkable destruction across our state and we know many people have questions about how and where to cast their vote in Tuesday's election," Guadagno said in a statement. "To help alleviate pressure on polling places, we encourage voters to either use electronic voting or the extended hours at county offices to cast their vote."
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