Another Monday and another winter storm is causing problems for air travelers.
A massive storm is dumping snow and ice throughout the Northeast region and, according to Weather.com, may leave behind up to 2 feet of new snow in and around Albany, N.Y., and central and eastern Massachusetts.
As of 10:40 a.m. ET, flight-tracking service FlightAware was showing more than 1,800 flight cancellations within, into or out of the United States for Monday.
FlightAware also was reporting that, due to snow and ice, inbound flights at Newark Liberty International Airport were being delayed at their origin airport an average of 4 hours and 13 minutes, those bound for JFK were being delayed an average of 3 hours and 35 minutes, and those headed for LaGuardia airport were being delayed by an average of 6 hours and 45 minutes.
Airlines began posting travel alerts and change fee waivers over the weekend, with several updating their advisories on Sunday evening to offer travelers full refunds and/or the ability to shift their plans to avoid traveling on Feb. 9 and 10 through up to two dozen cities.
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