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Air travel recovery ramps up after snow blast, but thousands still face cancellations
Flight cancellations at Toronto Pearson fell to 11% Tuesday after a record 46 cm snowstorm; US airports in Boston and New York faced 35-40% delays or cancellations.
- On Jan. 27, 2026, air travel picked back up in earnest as airport ground crews cleared remnants of a record-breaking snowstorm from tarmacs in Central Canada.
- The unprecedented 46 centimetres measured at Toronto Pearson on Sunday made January the city's snowiest month since records began in 1937, Environment Canada reports.
- Cirium's data shows Toronto Pearson had 46 cancellations, about 11 per cent as of 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, while Quebec City and Halifax each had 10 per cent and St. John's, N.L. topped 22 per cent.
- Crews continue to de-ice aircraft and clear drifting snow from runways across eastern North America, causing minor delays and lengthening recovery timelines for some flights.
- Disruption stretched to US airports, with FlightAware reporting 35 to 40 per cent of departures called off or delayed in Dallas, Boston, New York City and Washington, D.C.
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Air travel recovery ramps up after snow blast, but thousands still face cancellations
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A powerful winter storm that affects much of North America left shocking scenes in Canada, where the planes at Toronto Pearson International Airport were completely covered by more than 50 centimeters of snow. The snowfall, considered one of the most intense in decades, paralysed much of the city and set a new historical record of precipitation in a single day, surpassing the trademark registered in 1966. READ ALSO: THE LESS SIX DEAD AFTER STARL…
The numbers seem to show an improvement over Sunday. The post Snow Record in Ontario and Quebec: Is your flight cancelled? appeared first on Les Affaires.
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