Updated 5:35 p.m. Eastern, Sept. 5, 2017
Southwest Airlines resumed service at Houston's
William P. Hobby airport last weekend and continues to work to resume full
service. United Airlines expects to resume full service at Houston's George
Bush Intercontinental Airport by the end of the week.
Updated 1 p.m. Eastern,
Aug. 31, 2017
United
is now operating a limited number of flights between Houston and other major
U.S cities, but many flights remained canceled. The carrier's Hurricane Harvey travel
waiver—which also includes flights from Austin, New Orleans and San Antonio, as
well as several airports along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf coasts—now covers
flights through Sept. 12. Houston's William P. Hobby Airport also began limited
operations on Wednesday afternoon, though the airport's largest carrier,
Southwest, still lists flights to and from the airport as suspended. Southwest
is allowing travelers to change flights to Houston without any additional cost
through Sept. 12.
Updated 3:10 p.m. Eastern, Aug. 28, 2017
United plans to operate flights from George Bush Intercontinental Airport beginning at noon Thursday. For the first 24 hours, service will fly only to United hubs.
Published 1:40 p.m. Eastern, Aug. 28, 2017
Both of Houston's airports remain closed on Monday as the
city faces catastrophic flooding from the lingering Tropical Storm Harvey,
which came ashore near Corpus Christi, Texas, as a powerful hurricane on
Friday.
Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport reported that
inbound and outbound access roads to the airport flooded on Sunday, and all
commercial flight operations have stopped "until further notice." United
Airlines, for which the airport is a major hub, has canceled flights through at
least noon on Thursday and is allowing travel through Sept. 5 to be rescheduled
by Sept. 20 without penalty. Other carriers have similar policies in place.
William P. Hobby Airport also closed Sunday as access roads
and runways flooded. Southwest Airlines, which accounts for the vast majority
of the airport's traffic, projects cancellations and delays will last at least
through Friday and is allowing rebooking with two weeks of the original travel
date without charge.
Corpus
Christi International Airport, meanwhile, resumed operations on Monday morning
with American Airlines' service to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.