AUA has to Cancel Flight to the U.S.

TransportAirlines & Airports ♦ Published: December 27, 2010; 16:49 ♦ (Vindobona)

Persistent snowstorms in the eastern United States, have forced Austrian Airlines to cancel a flight to New York, as local airports there are closed.

AUA has to Cancel Flight to the U.S. / Picture: © Austrian Airlines / Flickr Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

The East Coast is currently experiencing severe blizzards. Air transport is blocked in a large area. Hundreds of flights were canceled. The entire northeastern United States is affected. AUA therefore had to cancel its flight to New York JFK. Substitute flights to Toronto or Washington were offered to the passengers.

The parent company of Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa is even…