随着佛罗里达州居民为即将到来的飓风多里安做好准备，数百名离开该州的人在航班大规模取消后，正争先恐后地寻找替代路线。
据航空追踪网站报道，周二，美国有近2000架航班被取消，另有1400多架航班被推迟。就算风暴不是每次取消都被记录下来的，在邮寄的时候，1728个取消的航班中有92%不是前往就是离开奥兰多国际机场(MCO)。
机场宣布计划停止运营，为飓风多里安在周二凌晨逼近做准备。
尽管国家飓风中心在周二下午早些时候将多里安飓风减弱为2级风暴——注意到尽管天气事件的规模越来越大，但其强度却在最大程度上降低——MCO解释说，没有计划恢复往返机场的航班。
“提醒一下，到目前为止，我们还没有预计的时间恢复运营，因为随着风暴的过去，这取决于许多因素。更新一经发布，将在此发布，并鼓励乘客向航空公司查询航班更新。谢谢大家，”机场在推特上分享的一份声明中写道。
棕榈滩国际和奥兰多墨尔本国际同样暂停服务。劳德代尔堡-好莱坞国际机场周一取消了所有进出航班，宣布计划从周二中午开始恢复运营。与此同时，迈阿密国际机场仍然开放，但警告乘客在前往机场前注意自己的飞行状态，并建议乘客在预定起飞前至少两小时到达机场。
在巴哈马群岛，拿骚机场表示将于周二开放，尽管大多数进出该岛的航班因多里安飓风而取消。
如果乘客的旅行计划受到风暴的影响，他们不一定有权获得全额赔偿。
“由于航班中断是由恶劣天气造成的，这被认为是‘不可抗力’或‘特殊情况’，因此航空公司没有责任赔偿延误或取消航班的乘客，”航空乘客权利机构的代表帕洛玛·萨尔梅隆说AirHelp.com，告诉CNN在一份声明中。
她补充说:「然而，如果延误超过五小时，或航班取消，乘客有权获得全部或部分退票，或在有需要时获得返回出发点的航班。」。
据报道，包括达美航空、捷蓝航空、美国航空、西南航空、联合航空、精神航空和边疆航空在内的航空公司正在为那些在受到多里安飓风影响的地区遭遇航班取消或延误的乘客提供航班变更请求。
HURRICANE DORIAN FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS REACH NEARLY 2,000 IN U.S. WHILE MORE THAN 1,400 ROUTES ARE DELAYED
As residents in Florida brace themselves for the incoming Hurricane Dorian, hundreds of people traveling out of the state are now scrambling to find alternative routes following massive flight cancellations.
Nearly 2,000 flights across the U.S. were canceled on Tuesday while more than 1,400 others were delayed, according to aviation tracking website FlightAware.com. Granted the storm cannot be credited for every single cancellation, at time of post, 92 percent of the 1,728 flights canceled were either headed to or out of Orlando International Airport (MCO).
The airport announced plans to cease operations in preparation for Hurricane Dorian's looming arrival in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Although the National Hurricane Center reduced Hurricane Dorian to a Category 2 storm early on Tuesday afternoon — noting the weather event decreased in maximum intensity despite growing in size — MCO explained there were no plans to reinstate flights traveling to and from the airport.
"A reminder that as of now we do not have an expected time to resume operations, as it depends on many factors as the storm moves past. Updates will be posted here as they become available and passengers are encouraged to check with their airlines for flight updates. Thanks, all," the airport wrote in a statement shared on Twitter.
Palm Beach International and Orlando Melbourne International have similarly suspended service. Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, which canceled all in-and-outbound flights on Monday, announced plans to resume operations as of noon on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Miami International remains open, but warned passengers to keep an eye on their flight status before heading to the airport and recommended people to arrive at the airport at least two hours before their scheduled departure.
Down in the Bahamas, Nassau Airport said it would open on Tuesday although the majority of flights scheduled to come in and out of the island are canceled due to Hurricane Dorian.
Passengers aren't necessarily entitled to full reimbursements if their travel plans are affected by the storm.
"As the flight disruption is caused by bad weather, this is considered to be a 'force majeure' or an 'extraordinary circumstance' and airlines are therefore not liable to compensate passengers who experience a delay or cancellation," Paloma Salmeron, a representative at air passenger rights agency AirHelp.com, told CNN in a statement.
"However, if the delay exceeds five hours or if the flight is canceled, the passenger is entitled to either a full or partial refund of their original ticket or a return flight to their point of departure if necessary," she added.
Airlines including Delta, JetBlue, American Airlines, Southwest, United, Spirit and Frontier are reportedly accommodating flight change requests for those experiencing cancellations or delays in areas impacted by Hurricane Dorian.
