National carrier Air India announced on Monday, February 23 that it has canceled all flights to and from New York and Newark on Tuesday, February 24 due to blizzard conditions and heavy snowfall.
In a travel advisory issued on Monday, Air India said: “Operations at New York and Newark airports have been affected by blizzard conditions resulting in heavy snowfall.
“Considering the safety and well-being of our passengers and crew, Air India flights to and from New York and Newark have been canceled on February 24,” Air India wrote on X.
The airline added: “Our teams on the ground will extend support and assistance to all of you booked to fly with us on the day.”
How to check flight status?
Air India said those seeking further information can contact the 24×7 Call Center at +91 11 69329333, +91 11 69329999.
Flyers can also request to check their flight status on the Air India website: Click here
A powerful winter storm
A powerful winter storm has battered New York and rattled transportation networks, threatening to be among the worst on record, with 41 million people on the US East Coast facing blizzard conditions, Bloomberg reported.
More than 51 centimeters of snow were said to fall in New York City, with the worst expected overnight Sunday, according to the US National Weather Service.
Anything greater than 14.8 inches in 24 hours would rank among the city’s top 10 storms. The most New York City received in a day was 27.3 inches on January 23, 2016.
“These are blizzard conditions,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Sunday, according to Bloomberg, adding that some areas could get as much as 28 inches of snow.
“New York City has not faced a storm of this magnitude in a decade. We have activated additional high water rescue teams in case the flooding is severe,” he reportedly said.
Affected services – “no one enters or leaves”
Mamdani announced that freeways, bridges and streets into New York will close at 9:00 p.m. Sunday and schools will remain closed Monday.
Meanwhile, train and bus service was limited by the threat of more than 18 to 20 inches of snow falling from roughly Philadelphia to Maine.
By Tuesday, nearly 9,900 flights to and around the U.S. had been canceled — most starting or ending in New York, Boston and Philadelphia, according to FlightAware data.
Delta Air Lines Inc. said it expected service suspensions at New York’s LaGuardia, John F. Kennedy International and Boston Logan International Airports until Tuesday.
“No one is going to or leaving New York,” said Frank Pereira, chief branch forecaster at the Weather Prediction Center. “New Jersey, Long Island, New York City and southern New England will bear the heaviest snowfall.”
(With inputs from Bloomberg)
