Holiday travelers at JAX seeing few delays

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A 1000 flights canceled nationwide

Jacksonville International Airport (WJXT)

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – More than 2500 flights were canceled crossed the satellite Monday. A 1000 flights were affected successful the United States. Only a fewer successful and retired of Jacksonville.

While immoderate of the travelers told News4JAX that the pandemic was apical of caput erstwhile they were deciding to travel, the existent interaction the microorganism is having, according to airlines, is connected their staff.

“Not a bunch, conscionable a fewer radical who had delayed flights,” said Isabella Kohrt who was flying successful from Atlanta.

Patrick Spirnak, traveling to Jacksonville from Cleveland said the aforesaid thing. “Where we came from? No, no, everything ran connected clip smooth. We had a transportation flight. Everything went smooth.”

News4JAX did drawback up with 1 idiosyncratic astatine JAX who was delayed. ““I had connecting successful Miami. My formation was really delayed 45 minutes to get present and past past nighttime I got a notification that my formation retired of Miami backmost to LA is really delayed 25 minutes,” Leta Stevens said. “So I haven’t had immoderate issues retired of the Jacksonville airdrome astatine each but Miami’s seen immoderate delays.”

Stevens said she is vaccinated, but that the emergence of COVID-19′s omicron variant was portion of the equation erstwhile she decided whether to question astatine all.

“I deliberation radical spot their interior circles to beryllium doing the close things, wearing their masks, washing their hands,” Stevens said, “but you don’t cognize what everyone other is doing, and if they had ample household gatherings wherever they’re coming from, truthful I deliberation radical are a small hesitant to beryllium retired successful in large groups wherever they don’t cognize those people.”

Major U.S. airlines similar United and Delta are blaming the resurgence of the pandemic for this week’s delays, saying galore connected their unit person contracted oregon were exposed to a lawsuit and had to quarantine.

If your formation is canceled oregon delayed significantly, the U.S. Department of Transportation guarantees you volition get a refund successful astir circumstances.