Badai Paksa 1.000 Penerbangan Dibatalkan di AS
Storm Forces Some 1,000 Flight Cancellations at US Airports
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Washington (B2B) - Sebanyak 1.000 penerbangan telah dibatalkan di tiga bandar udara di daerah New York, Jumat (3/1) pagi, akibat badai kuat musim dingin --yang membuat salju bertumpuk setebal beberapa inci di wilayah tersebut.
Hingga pukul 17.30 waktu setempat pada Jumat, 559 penerbangan yang dijadwalkan berangkat dari dan 452 penerbangan yang menuju ke tiga bandar udara New York telah dibatalkan, demikian statistik dari jejaring perusahaan penerbangan, seperti dilansir Yahoo News.
Sejak pukul 06.00, 192 pembatalan penerbangan telah dilaporkan di John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport, demikian data yang disiarkan sebelumnya oleh Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Staf Port Authority telah bekerja untuk menghadapi kondisi cuaca dan mengembalikan operasi di Landasan Pacu 13L-31R di JFK.
Kegiatan penerbangan telah dilanjutkan di JFK setelah daya pandang nol dan angin kencang memaksa operasi pada Jumat pagi, kata Xinhua, Sabtu pagi. Awak penerbangan terus berusaha membuat landasan pacu lain di ke tiga bandar udara itu secepatnya beroperasi lagi.
AirTrain JFK beroperasi dengan layanan terbatas. Meskipun Bandar Udara Newark dan LaGuardia dibuka, layanan AirTrain Newark dihentikan dan layanan bus disediakan di kedua bandar udara tersebut.
Pelancong sangat didesak agar mengkonfirmasi waktu penerbangan, keberangkatan dan kedatangan ke perusahaan penerbangan sebelum pergi ke bandar udara.
Washington - Some 1,000 flights were cancelled at all three airports in the New York area Friday morning due to a strong winter storm that has dumped several inches of snow in the region.
By 5:30 Friday afternoon, 559 flights scheduled to depart from and 452 flights heading for the three New York airports were cancelled, according to statistics from flight aware website, Xinhua reported.
Since 6 a.m., 192 cancellations have been reported at the John F. Kennedy International (JFK) Airport, 285 at Newark Liberty International Airport, and 271 at LaGuardia Airport, according to figures released earlier by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Port authority staff have been working in adverse weather conditions to get JFK´s runway 13L-31R back in service.
Flight operations have resumed at JFK after zero visibility and high winds forced the suspension of operations Friday morning. Crews continue to work to get the airport´s three other runways back in operation as quickly as possible.
AirTrain JFK is operating with limited service. Although both Newark and LaGuardia airports are open, service on AirTrain Newark is suspended and bus service is being provided at both airports.
Travellers are strongly urged to confirm flight times, departures and arrivals with the airline carriers before travelling to the airports.
