JetBlue Airways is temporarily grounding all flights to/from Boston -- including service to Pittsburgh -- as it tries to recover from the winter storm that wrecked travel plans in the Northeast.
Thousands of flights have been cancelled coast to coast after the New Year's storm, including a dozen to and from Pittsburgh due to weather-related reasons in Chicago, Cleveland, New York and Boston. WCVB-TV in Boston reported that JetBlue was standing down its operations -- and flights -- from Boston and three airports in the New York region at 1 p.m. Monday.
The airline said it hoped to have flights resumed by 10 a.m. Tuesday, WCVB-TV reported.
That would automatically impact Pittsburgh International Airport, where JetBlue flies to Boston twice a day. JetBlue Flight 1686 leaving Pittsburgh at 6:15 p.m. was canceled. JetBlue Airways Flight 1286 was diverted to Albany, N.Y., on Monday morning after being in a holding pattern in central Massachusetts for a time, according to FlightAware.com.
JetBlue Flight 1285 arrived from Boston at 8:13 a.m. Monday but another flight to Pittsburgh, 1685, was canceled Monday.
There were at least 14 arrivals and 12 departures canceled at Pittsburgh International Airport on Monday.
Paul J. Gough is digital producer at the Pittsburgh Business Times. Contact him at pgough@bizjournals.com or 412-208-3827. You can also follow him on Twitter.
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