After canceling about 275 flights due to Hurricane Florence, Delta Air Lines says it has resumed its regular flight schedule at some airports in the Carolinas in the wake of Hurricane Florence. But flights to some other airports were still canceled Monday.
Atlanta-based Delta said it had restarted flights in Charleston and Myrtle Beach, S.C. and Fayetteville, N.C. Flights to New Bern, N.C. resumed Monday.
But the airline is still assessing conditions of airports in Wilmington and Jacksonville, N.C. before its full flight schedule can resume. It planned to resume flights at those two airports Tuesday.
Southwest Airlines, the second-largest carrier in Atlanta, had canceled 297 flights due to the hurricane by Friday.
The Wilmington, N.C. airport terminal did not have power restored until Monday afternoon, and the airport on Twitter said its staff along with airlines and tenants would need to assess damage and “determine next steps.”
The Jacksonville, N.C. airport also got power restored Monday afternoon, according to Delta.
Delta is extending its air fare caps and waivers for ticket changes, overweight and oversized baggage and pets in cabin in select cities. Unaccompanied minors are not allowed on flights to or through New Bern, Jacksonville and Wilmington, N.C. until Sept. 19.
The airline is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and airport authorities on response to power outages, according to Delta spokesman Michael Thomas.
Some relief workers, Transportation Security Administration officers, water, generators and other supplies are being flown in on Delta flights, according to Thomas.
Thomas said Delta closely coordinates with its meteorologists and operational staff "so we can be the last ones out and certain the first ones in," to transport more residents evacuating areas and then fly them back in to check on their houses after the storm passes.
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