Houston airports remain closed; a message from Airlink

The devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas, has caused a significant humanitarian crisis with flooding across most of the city. Houston ‘s George Bush Intercontinental Airport will remain closed until Thursday, August 31 and today some 1120 flights have been cancelled to add to the 1007 cancelled yesterday. Tomorrow, a further 1397 flights will be cancelled. As the airport is a United hub, the airline has been most affected by the crisis but Spirit Airlines and Southwest Airlines are also significantly exposed to Houston. In total so far, there have been 8,703 commercial flights cancelled to/from Houston since