Air travel schedule should recover by Sunday, FAA says

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Passengers can expect some delays and cancellations to continue throughout the day Saturday as air travel returns to normal following the U.S. ground stop order Friday.

A nationwide ground stop in the U.S. ended around 8:15 p.m. Eastern Friday night and some flights to and from U.S. airports have taken off.

However, normalizing air traffic after the longest flight stoppage in 25 years will be slow, authorities warned, and chaos continues at airports across Canada and the U.S.

Fernandes and Griffiths were expecting an easy flight to Orlando, Fl. when they arrived at Pearson International Airport Friday evening. Instead, they were met with uncertainty about whether or not they would make it to their destination.

“We met another couple that’s going to Miami, but we’re going to Orlando. Their flight is not grounded but ours is and we’re flying out at the exact same time with the same flight company,” Fernandes told Global News Friday.

She said when they arrived at the airport they spoke with an Air Canada agent.

“He said ‘I don’t know. The situation seems a bit dicey.’ But we can’t really leave because we could miss our flight,” Fernandes said.

The couple waited for a couple hours before deciding to go home and have only received a cancellation from the airline.

Other passengers across the country said they were looking into other options, such as renting a car and driving to their destination.

In a statement to Global News, Air Canada said it cancelled approximately 250 flights on Friday, affecting around 27,000 customers.

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