Orlando International Airport will remain closed between this Wednesday (28th) and the next 30th.
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Hurricane Ian, which passed through Cuba and is en route to Florida, was gaining strength and was upgraded to Category 4 on Wednesday, the country’s National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. Disney closed the Florida parks for at least two days and all of Cuba was without power.
See below the reports of each Brazilian airline:
THE Gol reported that flights from Brasilia to Orlando were canceled on September 2829. The airline is warning its customers not to go to the airport on these days as entry is prohibited by US police.
According to the company, the following changes have occurred:
- Customers with a flight scheduled for September 28 were automatically moved to October 1;
- those on September 29 were reassigned to October 2.
All passengers would be notified of the change, Gol says.
The extra flight of the day October 1 (G3 9536) departs Brasília on the 1st at 12:30pm and lands in Orlando at 7:10pm local time.
The additional return flight (G3 9537) departs Orlando at 8:30 p.m. on the same day and lands in the federal capital at 5:40 a.m. (Brasilia time) the following day.
already in the day October 2ndthe additional flight G3 9538 also departs at 12:30pm from Brasília bound for Florida, with scheduled landing at the same time at 7:10pm.
The additional return flight from Orlando, G3 9539, on the 2nd will follow the same schedules as the 1st.
Hurricane Ian sweeps through Cuba, wreaking havoc
“Customers who decide to change their rescheduled flights for October 1 and 2 can contact GOL’s official channels, which comply with applicable legislation, for rebooking or cancellation,” the company said.
“GOL’s flights between Brasilia and Miami will not be affected in the coming days and will remain unchanged according to the regular flight schedule,” he added.
already the Azul said it had to cancel flights AD8706 (ViracoposOrlando) and AD8707 (OrlandoViracopos) on September 28 and 29.
The company advises that local teams at Viracopos and Orlando airports will support customers and that they will be relocated to other flights operated by the company itself when Orlando International Airport resumes operations.
“For customers whose flights have been cancelled, Azul is making its rules more flexible, allowing travel dates to be changed from the same origin and destination without incurring any fees,” he said.
“Azul asks customers not to go to airports before confirming the status of their flights via the Azul app or under ‘My Trips’ on the website with the booking code,” he added.
Satellite charts Hurricane Ian’s passage through Central America
Latam, in turn, informed that flights to Orlando and Miami on September 27, 28 and 29 could be affected by delays and/or cancellations.
LATAM announces that flight LA8126 (São Paulo/GuarulhosOrlando) has been brought forward this Tuesday (27th) due to the passage of Hurricane Ian through Florida. Flight LA8127 (OrlandoSão Paulo/Guarulhos) scheduled for Wednesday (28th) was canceled for the same reason.
So far, the affected flights have been:
- O Flight LA8126 (São Paulo/GuarulhosOrlando), scheduled for this Tuesday (27.)was advanced
- O Flight LA8127 (OrlandoSão Paulo/Guarulhos) scheduled for this Wednesday (28) It was canceled.
Flights between Lima (Peru) and Orlando (USA) were also affected.
“You Passengers on affected flights can change the date of their ticket with no penalty and no fare differencechange the route without a fine and with a fare difference, or ask for the return of the ticket,” the company said.
According to Latam passengers with flights to/from Orlando (MCO) or Miami (MIA) on September 27th, 28th and 29th can change the date of their ticket without penalty and without price difference or change the route without penalty and with price difference.
“We encourage passengers to check the status of their flight on latam.com before heading to the airport,” the company warned.