Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines, as well as Frontier, Southwest and American, are offering extensive travel flexibility for cities across the South and Southeast — including Atlanta — for travel this weekend ahead of the impending winter storm.
Delta, Frontier and American are offering flexibility for travel between Friday and Sunday; Southwest is offering waivers for flights between Friday and Monday. All of the airlines are offering changes without fees.
As of Wednesday afternoon, United Airlines had not included Atlanta in its list of affected locations.
Affected Delta cities range from Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from San Antonio to Wilmington, North Carolina.
Forecasts predict “impactful winter weather including freezing rain, sleet and ice accumulation across Texas, the Southeast, including Delta’s Atlanta hub, and into the Northeast over the next several days,” Delta said in a statement.
As of Wednesday, there is still uncertainty about how Georgia locations south of I-20 will be impacted, “but models are consistently forecasting” wintry precipitation for the area, the National Weather Service warns.
Delta and its partners represent about 80% of flights at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. It has more than two dozen staff meteorologists supporting its Atlanta Operations and Customer Center around the clock.
— Rosana Hughes of the AJC contributed to this report.
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