A traveler walks through the departure lounge as airline catering workers employed by Gate Gourmet picket with their supporters and call for a new union contract with pay increases and affordable health insurance, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at Miami International Airport in Miami. A long Fourth of July holiday weekend is expected to create new travel records. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Airlines in the United States canceled more than 1,300 flights and postponed more than 1,000 flights on Monday as Hurricane Beryl intensified and made landfall in Texas.
A total of 1,479 flights were canceled and 2,254 flights were delayed, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.
United Airlines topped the list with 405 canceled flights, followed by Southwest Airlines with 268.
“We continue to monitor Beryl and have reduced the number of flights at Houston Intercontinental Airport (IAH) Sunday evening and Monday.” United Airlines reported this in a statement.
Southwest said it was monitoring the situation and proactively adjusted its flight schedule Monday in Houston and South Texas due to the hurricane.
Both United and Southwest also issued travel advisories citing Hurricane Beryl, which impacted flights at airports including Austin, Corpus Christi, Harlingen and Houston, among others in the region. Beryl, the first-ever Category 5 hurricane of the season, made landfall early today near the coastal town of Matagorda, Texas, battering the coast with dangerous storm surges, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Air Canada said it has canceled daily flights between Houston and Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
The largest ports in Texas also closed operations and vessel traffic on Sunday after Beryl intensified.
The Federal Aviation Administration warned Friday of thunderstorms that will impact travel across the country.
