George Warrington, Amtrak's president, said ridership was up because service was better and because "the marketplace is feeling increasingly frustrated with the alternatives," namely jammed highways and delayed airplanes.
Mr. Takemoto said that there could be limited effects for travelers whose itineraries do not involve New York, in contrast to some summertime disruptions, when flights scheduled to leave Dallas, Denver or Detroit could be delayed because the airplane was stuck on its way into or out of New York.
Airport managers have raised the prospect of people waiting to check bags in lines that extend out of the lobby into the parking garages, and airplanes delayed or even canceled while bags are checked.
The carriers have retired hundreds of older airplanes and delayed deliveries of new aircraft.
Construction and other disruptions at a major airport often have a ripple effect because pilots, flight attendants and airplanes are delayed getting to other cities. "One late flight may delay three additional flights if the resources connect differently, and two or more late flights may delay several more flights," JetBlue said.
SAN FRANCISCO — When the battered Asiana Boeing 777 skidded to a stop after its crash-landing here on Saturday, two flight attendants went to the cockpit to ask the three pilots inside what to do, and the pilots told them to delay evacuating the airplane while they communicated with the tower, the chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board said on Wednesday.
Airplane flights were delayed and canceled here, in part due to a dense fog that set in before the high winds arrived, Mr. Gitro said.
Some later flights were delayed or canceled because the airplanes they were to use had arrived so late.
No, it's not the frustrating obstacle course of shoe removal, sweeps and patdowns, oppressive crowds, interminable queues, perspiratory delays and airplane food (or lack of it) that makes every trip a challenge.
The disagreement caused the flight to be delayed, and the Osteen family was escorted from the airplane.
