Association of Flight Attendants-CWA

Hurricane Irma: Airport Operations Update 

***NOTE: THIS IS LIKELY TO CHANGE FREQUENTLY AS STORMS ARE UNPREDICTABLE.

SJU: 

• Airport is officially open as Irma has passed.
• All employees are safe, however, 68% of the population is without power.
• A 777 flight will be sent to SJU with water, cleaning items and other misc items.

St. Maartin/St Thomas: 

• Reports are very sketchy at this point, as both locations were hit extremely hard.
• Airports remain closed and roads into airport are not operable.
• All employees have not yet been contacted and confirmed safe as this effort to reach employees remains a work in progress.
• Both locations remain without power and damage assessment remains undetermined at this time. 

Florida

MIA: 

• Operations will be suspended at 1600/Friday.
• All flights will be cancelled Saturday/Sunday.
• Plan is to resume operations with 1st arrival on Monday. (NO UAX aircraft will remain in station)
• An extra section will operate out of MIA/ORD at 0100/8. 

MCO: 

• Operations will be suspended at 1700/Saturday
• All remaining flights will be cancelled Saturday/Sunday.
• NOC is exploring options to move up later departures scheduled for Saturday, instead of cancelling (TBD on feasibility).
• Plan is to resume operations with 1st arrival on Monday (NO UAX aircraft will remain in station). 

RSW:

• Operations will be suspended following last STAR departure on Saturday.
• All remaining flights will be cancelled Saturday/Sunday.
• Plan is to resume operations with Sunday.

RON:

• Arrivals FLL Operations will be suspended at 1600/Friday.
• All flights will be cancelled Saturday/Sunday.
• Plan is to resume operations with 1st arrival on Monday.

PBI: 

• Operations will be suspended at 1600/Friday.
• All flights will be cancelled on Saturday/Sunday. 
• Plan is to resume operations with 1st arrival on Monday (NO UAX aircraft will remain in station).

JAX:

• Suspension of flights is tentatively planned for Saturday afternoon, however, a confirmed timeline needs to be determined.

TPA:

• Currently no plans to suspend operations, however, the forecast will be further evaluated as weather forecasts are developed.