Delta Air Lines sending extra staff to Birmingham airport amid winter weather cancellations

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – Delta Air Lines is sending additional staffing to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport and other southeastern hubs as winter weather forces thousands of flight cancellations across the region.

The airline is bringing reinforcements to Birmingham, Huntsville, Atlanta, Nashville, and Knoxville, sending experts from cold weather hubs to help with de-icing and baggage operations.

Starting Friday night, cancellations were scheduled at select airports in North Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee. As the storm moves across the country, Delta said to expect more cancellations in Atlanta, Ohio, Nashville, Raleigh-Durham, New York, and Boston…

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