Oct 26, 2012, 5:52 pm
Last edit by: JDiver
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● For up-to-date information on AA's inclement weather travel policy for post-Sandy and other events, see: AA Travel Alerts / Travel Notices and Policy
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● For up-to-date information on AA's inclement weather travel policy for post-Sandy and other events, see: AA Travel Alerts / Travel Notices and Policy
● For Sandy-specific information, see Hurricane Sandy East Coast - Travel Notice Exception Advisory
● AA OSO (Off Schedule Operations) desk for day of flight issues: 1-800-446-7834 (or your status or reservations line)
● To quickly check your flight: AA Gates and Times page or, as supergrandslam suggests, the AA cargo site.
● To check flight status overall, see FAA NE airports flight delay information or FlightStats Global Delays and Airport Tracker
● For additional information on NYC travel disruptions, see this thread in the NYC Forum: Hurricane Sandy - Emergency Measures and Travel Impacts (Oct 2012)
N.B. Weather is a rapidly changing event, so be sure to check sources regularly. A post-Sandy "Nor'easter" is headed to the area at this moment.
/AA Forum Moderator Team
Hurricane Sandy (and post-Sandy) impacts and related issues (consolidated)
Oct 27, 2012, 9:58 pm
#106
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AA will likely get all a/c out of New York by Sunday afternoon. Heck, Megabus is not running any buses after 5PM Sunday (I'm coming back tomorrow on a 12:30PM bus.) The MTA has a standby plan to begin to shutdown the system starting 7PM Sunday. Airports will also probably close to flights by that time.
Oct 27, 2012, 10:09 pm
#107
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Not sure if I should change my Weds. Evening flight out of Newark to Thursday? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I would think flights would be able to take off by Wednesday from Newark, but I am not sure what to do. I need to be in Orlando for a very early meeting/work event on Thursday so, I'm leaning towards taking a chance on flying out Weds night.
Oct 27, 2012, 10:09 pm
#108
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A handful at EWR (not exclusively AA), according to http://flightaware.com/live/cancelled
on Mon/Tue and some flights going east on Sun.
I was thinking potential closures of NYC airports starting on Mon but UA's action looks just too proactive for me...
Oct 28, 2012, 12:50 am
#110
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... I also notice DL has a full schedule on 10/29 and 10/30.
Oct 28, 2012, 8:23 am
#111
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Gov Como Press Conference
Here is the latest from Gov Como, MTA will be shut down Sunday with last trains leaving at 7:00 pm and last bus at 9:00 pm. There are no plans to shut down the airports at this time. The bridges will be closed on a case by case basis if needed.
As an additional data point CX has canceled the afternoon flight for 10/29 but the morning flight is still on.
As an additional data point CX has canceled the afternoon flight for 10/29 but the morning flight is still on.
Oct 28, 2012, 8:26 am
#112
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One issue is that once the MTA starts to shut down the system (looking like it could start at 7PM tonight) airport workers can't get to LGA or JFK. So while Monday AM may not yet be all that bad ground and flight crew might have problems getting to work, along with TSA and contract workers.
I talked to my brother Saturday at Boca Raton. He said it was absolutely beautiful there and he and his GF were headed out to the beach.
I talked to my brother Saturday at Boca Raton. He said it was absolutely beautiful there and he and his GF were headed out to the beach.
Oct 28, 2012, 8:29 am
#113
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I'm on the 11:35pm AA30 redeye flight tonight from LAX-JFK.. what are the chances my flight gets cancelled? Right now, AA is showing the flight is scheduled on time.
Oct 28, 2012, 8:30 am
#114
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http://flightaware.com/live/fleet/AAL/cancelled
Above is the link to a list of cancelled AA flights.
For Mon/Tue, so far only a few international flights got cancelled.
Above is the link to a list of cancelled AA flights.
For Mon/Tue, so far only a few international flights got cancelled.
Oct 28, 2012, 8:49 am
#115
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NYC Travel Disruptions
For additional resources and info on NYC travel disruptions, including LGA, JFK, and EWR airports, please see also the NYC Forum thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/new-y...ct-2012-a.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/new-y...ct-2012-a.html
Here is the latest from Gov Como, MTA will be shut down Sunday with last trains leaving at 7:00 pm and last bus at 9:00 pm. There are no plans to shut down the airports at this time. The bridges will be closed on a case by case basis if needed.
As an additional data point CX has canceled the afternoon flight for 10/29 but the morning flight is still on.
As an additional data point CX has canceled the afternoon flight for 10/29 but the morning flight is still on.
One issue is that once the MTA starts to shut down the system (looking like it could start at 7PM tonight) airport workers can't get to LGA or JFK. So while Monday AM may not yet be all that bad ground and flight crew might have problems getting to work, along with TSA and contract workers.
I talked to my brother Saturday at Boca Raton. He said it was absolutely beautiful there and he and his GF were headed out to the beach.
I talked to my brother Saturday at Boca Raton. He said it was absolutely beautiful there and he and his GF were headed out to the beach.
Oct 28, 2012, 9:01 am
#116
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Oct 28, 2012, 9:21 am
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I'm sure smart people at AA are monitoring this and working up their storm plan, but I do wish they'd hurry up and start the inevitable cancellations... the waiver is great, but to get refunds for trips, flights have to be cancelled.
Oct 28, 2012, 9:24 am
#118
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Oct 28, 2012, 9:48 am
#119
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This is so cool. Gotta love FT.
http://flightaware.com/live/fleet/AAL/cancelled
Above is the link to a list of cancelled AA flights.
For Mon/Tue, so far only a few international flights got cancelled.
Above is the link to a list of cancelled AA flights.
For Mon/Tue, so far only a few international flights got cancelled.
Oct 28, 2012, 10:01 am
#120
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AA cxls starting. Just got a text on flight into IAD. Cxld.