Miami’s Wealthy Pay Up To $14K To Escape Irma On Private Jets

Three more college football games involving FBS teams from the state of Florida were canceled on Thursday, one day after Miami University announced it would not make its scheduled trip to Jonesboro to play Arkansas State.

JetBlue Airways said on Wednesday afternoon that it had cancelled about 130 flights. The terminal will remain open and only close if the airport is damaged.

Due to the possible impact on flights, airlines and airports across the country are encouraging travelers to check their flights prior to leaving for the airport.

Orlando International Airport (MCO) – All operations will cease at 5 pm Saturday (or when the last flight scheduled to depart by 5 pm has taken off). She plans to leave Florida to go to Denver as a precaution before the storm, but said flights out of Miami were all sold out and she has to leave from Ft.

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Miami International Airport officials have a message to South Floridians – unless you’re traveling, don’t use the garages.

“Many flights have been canceled”, officials warned on the airport’s website.

American flights from those airports will be stopped through Sunday and flights to many Caribbean airports already hit by Irma are suspended until next week, the company said.

In some areas of the major airport, the damage is substantial. But one problem facing United Kingdom airlines is crewing the flights; Florida is too far for a round-trip to be operated by pilots and cabin crew.

In a statement to Money, AA confirmed it had added 16 flights to Miami and added more than 3,600 seats on a “limited availability”. The Washington Port reported that the crew pulled into the gate, deplaned and boarded a plane full of passengers in less than an hour before making the return trip to NY.

American Airlines says they have capped their fares at $99 on direct, single leg flights from all cities affected under American Airlines’ travel alert, which can be found here.

Fort Lauderdale, the metro area’s second busiest airport, said all flights there will end Friday at 7:45 p.m.

Florida State and Florida canceled their Saturday home football games Thursday because of Hu… “We are working to provide additional flights where we can and communicating directly with impacted customers”. The airport reported that more than 600 flights were cancelled, Friday.

Delta shared an update with its customers, capping flights for $399 to and from Southern Florida.

Meanwhile, airlines are on the clock to get their planes safely out of Florida on Friday.