A closer look at Friday flight cancellations because of the Southern snowstorm

By-the-number look at Friday airline cancellations

AIRTRAN AIRWAYS:

The unit of AirTran Holdings Inc., based in Orlando, Fla., canceled 18 flights.

AMERICAN AIRLINES:

The unit of AMR Corp., based in Fort Worth, Texas, and its American Eagle affiliate canceled 200 flights in and out of New York, 10 in Philadelphia and roughly 80 in Washington.

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES:

The Houston airline, which has a hub at the Newark, N.J., airport, canceled roughly 300 mainline flights, in addition to about 200 flights involving its regional partners.

DELTA AIR LINES:

The Atlanta company canceled 500 flights throughout its system.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS:

The airline, based in New York, scratched 80 flights.

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES:

The airline, based in Dallas, had 297 cancellations.

US AIRWAYS:

The Tempe, Ariz., company canceled 236 Express flights and 76 mainline flights.