Paddle Your Own Kanoo
• Mateusz Maszczynski
A powerful nor’easter disrupted air travel across the northeastern United States, forcing more than 400 cancellations in Massachusetts and affecting Boston Logan and the airports serving Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. With fuel deliveries constrained, some airlines are tankering Jet-A to BOS as barges remain grounded by the storm threat.
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A powerful nor’easter disrupted air travel across the northeastern United States, forcing more than 400 cancellations in Massachusetts and affecting Boston Logan and the airports serving Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. With fuel deliveries constrained, some airlines are tankering Jet-A to BOS as barges remain grounded by the storm threat.
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A strengthening Atlantic nor’easter is expected to bring heavy rain, strong winds and coastal flooding to the Northeast, particularly New England, through the weekend. American Airlines, United Airlines and JetBlue Airways issued travel waivers for eligible routes, while disruptions remained limited as of Friday morning.
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