Issue Date: 3rd September
Passengers face having to book alternative flights to and from Florida’s theme park capital of Orlando as its international airport was shut down due to deadly Hurricane Dorian.
The airport confirmed that all operations would cease from midnight last night (Monday) local time due to the threat of Dorian.
Virgin Atlantic cancelled six Orlando transatlantic flights today and warned of days of disruption.
Thomas Cook Airlines cancelled flights to and from Orlando to Manchester airport today for at least 24 hours and said flights on Wednesday were under review, subject to further updates from the US airport.
British Airways is monitoring the situation and warned of possible disruption to services.
While Miami airport remains open, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International airport closed from noon local time yesterday “until further notice”.
Walt Disney World in Orlando adjusted its opening hours for today, with early closures, while Universal Studios, Universal’s Islands of Adventure and Universal’s CityWalk will open as scheduled. However, Universal’s Volcano Bay water theme park will be closed.
Hurricane Dorian was last night moving over the northern Bahamas, heading north-east offshore along the Florida coastline. Forecasters warned that it will move “dangerously close” to the US east coast
Dorian struck the Bahamas as a category five hurricane but has now weakened to a category four with maximum sustained winds of close to 150mph, according to the US National Hurricane Centre.
JTA will be carefully monitoring the situation and will be keeping agents up to date with the latest movements of Hurricane Dorian.
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