Delta Weathers Irma Impact in ATL, Eyes Florida Restart Tuesday
As Delta teams prepared to resume operations at airports across Florida, Irma's sustained winds of 30 mph and gusts of 60 mph at the airline’s Atlanta hub led to 1,100 network flight cancellations and more than 65 diverted flights Monday. With Atlanta airport conditions back to within operating limits Monday evening, the airline was gradually increasing operations into and out of Atlanta, including accepting many of the previously diverted flights. Delta teams also turned their attention to normalizing operations Tuesday.
As the storm moved in on Georgia Monday, Delta teams set their sights on resuming service to Florida airports. Delta was in contact with airport authorities throughout the state on the condition of runways, taxiways and terminal infrastructure, some of which sustained damage. The latest updates on resuming operations across airports affected by Irma can be found on news.delta.com.
Delta has combined and consolidated waivers for customers transiting three dozen destinations where flights will be affected by Irma through Sept. 17, and created a new waiver for St. Thomas, St. Maarten and Turks and Caicos for customers ticketed through Oct. 31.
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