A Southwest Boeing 737 plane removes into a smoke haze from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, June 8, 2023, as smoke from wildfires in Canada blankets the location.
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Nearly 8,000 flights were postponed and almost 900 canceled on Sunday as thunderstorms snarled flight in and out of a few of the nation’s busiest airports and the Federal Aviation Administration briefly stopped departures to significant airports serving Washington D.C., mentioning repair work to a power panel required at an air traffic control service center.
Shortly after 6 p.m. ET, the FAA released ground stops for Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Dulles International Airport, avoiding airplane from removing for those locations. It raised the orders within an hour.
“Departures to D.C.-area airports have resumed and repairs to the communications power panel are complete,” the FAA stated in a declaration. “During the repairs, a back-up system handled communications safely.” Delays at Washington Dulles were balancing around 90 minutes since 7: 15 p.m.
Another 7,000 U.S. flights were postponed onSaturday Throughout Sunday, weather condition triggered hold-ups at airports from Miami to Boston to Detroit.
More than 440 flights to and from Newark Liberty International Airport were postponed. The airport is a significant center of United Airlines, which had more than 840 postponed flights Sunday, according to FlightAware. American Airlines published 938 postponed flights, 27% of its mainline schedule, Delta Air Lines had 716, or 20% of its schedule, and New York- based JetBlue Airways had 472 hold-ups, or 45% of its scheduled schedule.
