Costly Winter for US Airlines

(3/3/2013) It has been a very costly winter for U.S. Airlines. Snow storms pounded onto the U.S. midwest and east one after another and the cost to the airlines can be as high as $6 billion. Passengers are frustrated too. Not only the flights can be canceled, it take a longer time to rebook an alternative flights since the airlines have been cutting flights in increase its load factor. When my flight back to Taiwan early January was canceled due to a snowstorm, my travel was delayed for two full days.