JetBlue canceled most of its remaining flights scheduled for Friday night shortly before the Federal Aviation Authority lifted its hourslong ground stop.
“Due to the nationwide FAA mandated ground stop, JetBlue is canceling all remaining flights this evening with the exception of Europe-bound departures from JFK and Boston,” the airline said in a statement Friday evening.
“Flights already in the air are continuing to their destinations.”
The airline cautioned that it expects “disruptions to continue into tomorrow, including additional cancellations.”
Shortly after 8:30 p.m. ET, the ground stop was officially lifted, the FAA announced.
The nationwide stop lasted a total of roughly four hours, easily surpassing the January 2023 outage of about 90 minutes.
Follow the latest on the FAA’s nationwide ground stop:
- FAA nationwide ground stop live updates: Agency lifts nationwide ground stop after flights halted for 4 hours
- JetBlue cancels most remaining flights due to FAA ground stop — and predicts chaos won’t end soon
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However, it’s still unclear if and when air travel will resume to normal.
