For two consecutive days, airlines canceled thousands of U.S. flights scheduled for Thursday and Friday after thunderstorms hit the East Coast.
According to the tracking service FlightAware, 1,532 flights, either arriving, leaving, or traveling within the United States, had been canceled as of late Friday, while another 8,803 had been delayed.
The three major airports in the New York City area and Ronald Reagan National Airport outside Washington recorded the most cancellations.
American Airlines scrubbed about 250 flights, or 7 percent of its schedule. Republic Airways, which operates smaller planes for American Eagle, Delta Connection, and United Express, canceled a similar number, about 25 percent of its flights….