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Hundreds of US flights were canceled during the Labor Day weekend, as Hurricane Dorian continues to approach the east coast.
No less than 600 flights scheduled for Monday have been canceled, USA Today reported, citing the FlightAware flight tracker.
Most cancellations are from Florida airports, including 227 canceled flights to and from Orlando's main airport and 62 flights from Orlando Sanford International Airport.
The Fort Lauderdale International Airport has canceled more than 160 flights to and from the city. West Palm Beach has canceled nearly 100 trips, according to the thief.
The Southwest and Spirit airlines have canceled the largest number of flights, about 130 flights each.
The airlines rushed to cancel the flights before the hurricane trajectory moved away from Puerto Rico and Florida. The storm is now striking parts of the east coast, including Georgia and the Carolinas.
Orlando International Airport, which serves hundreds of travelers to and from Disney World and other attractions, will not close at Labor Day as originally planned after the storm.
"The storm forecast had revealed that the hurricane could have had a significant impact on Orlando International and the entire central region of Florida," said the airport in a statement released Thursday at USA Today. "The latest updates show that Hurricane Dorian has changed direction and be an unpredictable storm."
Prior to Dorian's training in the Atlantic, the 2019 Labor Day weekend was to be a record weekend for travel to the United States.
Airlines for America predicted that 17.5 million passengers would fly over the holidays.
However, many airlines allow travelers to change their flights without penalty, noted USA Today.
Dorian made landfall in the form of a Category 5 storm on Sunday, hitting the Bahamas before heading north.
National Hurricane Center warned On Sunday night, strong winds are expected to hit the Carolinas and Georgia early this week.
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