With more winter storms hitting airports, the reports are still not great on airline responses to bad weather and stranded passengers. However, in the wake of the most recent storms, some airlines are beginning to try — literally — to get ahead of the turbulence.
It’s called a pre-emptive cancellation. In anticipation of bad weather, and relying on two or three separate meteorological sources, a number of airlines aren’t waiting for the bad weather to arrive. They are looking at the storm patterns, and their own flight schedules — and aircraft and crew sequencing in particular — and they are canceling selected flights up to five hours in advance of the bad weather.
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