Chennai: Hurricane Irene that hit the eastern coast of USA has affected travel plans of passengers from Chennai scheduled to fly on Saturday and Sunday.
Jet Airways, Lufthansa and Air India have cancelled their flights to New York, Newark and Washington as the US airports are closed. Jet Airways' Chennai-Brussels-New York flight was cancelled on Saturday and Sunday, while Lufthansa is not operating flights between Frankfurt and the US because of turbulent weather.
Sources said that Lufthansa flew its Chennai-Frankfurt service on Saturday, but Jet Airways cancelled its Chennai-Brussels-New York flight after they received information that the airport there was closed when the flight was being readied for departure.
As the airport closure report arrived at the last minute, passengers could not be warned on Saturday. Those who arrived at the airport had to return home. Jet Airways has informed passengers that their tickets would be re-booked without additional charges on the next flight when services resume.
28/08/11 Times of India
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