Airlines Cancel Over 2,700 U.S. Flights as Winter Storm Sweeps South
As another winter storm hits the U.S., airlines canceled thousands of flights on Friday.
Meghna Maharishi is Skift’s Airline Reporter, where she covers everything from loyalty programs to policy-making in Washington, D.C. She previously covered the airline industry at The Points Guy, worked on the investigative desk at CNBC, and did data visualization at CNN Politics. Send tips to Meghna on Signal at mmaharishi.61.
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