Airlines
AS wildfire smoke impacts, US Airlines allows passengers to rebook flights without fees
As Canadian wildfire smoke continues to affect Thursday’s operations at airports throughout the Northeast, United Airlines was the first major airline to issue travel advice, allowing travelers flying into or out of affected airports to rebook tickets without incurring additional fees. Early on Thursday afternoon, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines followed after.
American Airlines is allowing travelers to rebook their flights without fees. Customers flying today on American Airlines can reschedule by the end of the day for a journey to the same location on or before June 13 without paying change costs.
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Customers flying with Southwest Airlines can rebook their flights for a date within the next 14 days without paying any additional costs.
The Federal Aviation Administration had already predicted delays and cancellations at nine major airports in the Northeast, including Newark, LaGuardia, JFK, Boston Logan, Philadelphia, and Ronald Reagan Washington National.
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The low-pressure system above Maine and Nova Scotia, which is the cause of the massive Canadian-American smokeout, “will probably be hanging around at least for the next few days,” according to Bryan Ramsey of the U.S. National Weather Service.
As long as the wind doesn’t shift or the fires aren’t put out, Ramsey predicted that the situation would likely stay unhealthy. The fires are likely to continue for weeks because they are blazing and so big. However, it’s really just going be all about the wind shift.”
