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Old Oct 21, 2012 | 10:43 am
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Originally Posted by DeltaFlyer628
Peculiar.

I think it may involve the weather, it is freezing in January in NYC. but it shouldn't involve so many flights to be canceled.
DL planes and pilots can fly in freezing weather, which sometimes even happens in ATL. Even in the northern hubs of MSP and DTW, we don't see such cancellations for winter.

A better answer is that, depending on the day of the week, January 1 can be a very low travel day. Some partners like KLM adjust their schedules more for holidays, so there might be less need for feeder flights to JFK on January 1.
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