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Air travel recovery ramps up after snow blast, but thousands still face cancellations
Toronto Pearson faced 11% cancellations Tuesday after 46 cm of snow made January the snowiest month since 1937, while eastern airports also reported delays and cancellations.
- On Jan. 27, 2026, air travel picked back up in earnest as airport ground crews cleared remnants of a record-breaking snowstorm from tarmacs in Central Canada.
- The unprecedented 46 centimetres measured at Toronto Pearson on Sunday made January the city's snowiest month since records began in 1937, Environment Canada reports.
- Cirium's data shows Toronto Pearson had 46 cancellations, about 11 per cent as of 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, while Quebec City and Halifax each had 10 per cent and St. John's, N.L. topped 22 per cent.
- Crews continue to de-ice aircraft and clear drifting snow from runways across eastern North America, causing minor delays and lengthening recovery timelines for some flights.
- Disruption stretched to US airports, with FlightAware reporting 35 to 40 per cent of departures called off or delayed in Dallas, Boston, New York City and Washington, D.C.
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Air travel recovery ramps up after snow blast, but thousands still face cancellations
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The numbers seem to show an improvement over Sunday. The post Snow Record in Ontario and Quebec: Is your flight cancelled? appeared first on Les Affaires.
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