Flights began taking off at major airports across the United States late Friday after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lifted its nationwide ground stop, offering relief to travelers stranded for hours by the widespread disruption.
Fox News reported that a Southwest Airlines plane departed from New York’s LaGuardia Airport, while two Delta Air Lines planes were seen taxiing in preparation for takeoff.
On the West Coast, planes were also seen taking off from Los Angeles International Airport.
Fox News senior national correspondent Kevin Corke reported from Reagan National Airport outside Washington, D.C., that multiple flights had begun departing after passengers spent hours waiting for service to resume.
Corke said some travelers had been at the airport since approximately 3:30 p.m., waiting for flights scheduled to depart around 4 p.m.
“Finally, a couple of flights have left, and those are domestic flights,” Corke reported.
Corke also reported that some international flights had begun departing, while airports in the San Francisco Bay Area were seeing similar progress with flights headed across the Pacific.
“This idea that we’re finally getting some international flights and a trickle of domestic flights — that, my friend, is great news,” Corke said.
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