New York airports to reopen Monday
NEW YORK: The three major airports in the New York area closed ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Irene will reopen early Monday, officials said Sunday.
John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and Newark airport in New Jersey will open at 6:00 am (1000 GMT), while LaGuardia reopens at 7:00 am (1100 GMT), the Federal Aviation Administration said on its website.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said that departures at JFK and Newark would resume slightly later at 12:00 pm.
The airports were shut down Saturday as Hurricane Irene moved closer and 10,000 flights were cancelled in the eastern United States. The storm passed New York Sunday, leaving a trail of power outages and floods.
Christopher Ward, executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the area's airport and port facilities, had said earlier that air service would only begin late Monday "at best."
He said normal service would hopefully resume Tuesday.
American Airlines, British Airways, Air France and other carriers have called off many flights to and from Europe and Asia on Monday.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
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