USA’s East Coast Travel Slowly Resumed after Hurricane Irene
While Hurricane Irene moves away from the American East Coast, travel and traffic around the area is slowly going back to normal. Airlines and trains are the first to resume normal schedules and are slowly followed by beach resorts in the area, and plan to reopen for early autumn tourists.
Hurricane Irene caused about 10,000 flights to be canceled, of which close to 7,000 on Sunday alone. Another 650 have been canceled for Monday morning, but airlines are confident about keeping their schedule for late Monday. United and Continental have already announced they will resume their flights from New York City airports at noon on Monday and more will follow. Â According to statements from the Air Transport Association, it will take a few days for air traffic to get back to normal and for everyone to reach their destination. Read more…
