IAH, HOU Closed Due To Flooding From Hurricane Harvey
Delta announced that as of Sunday, Houston's Intercontinental and Hobby Airports have been closed due to flooding, and all Delta flights have been suspended until further notice.
A total of 19 Delta flights, including mainline and Delta Connections operations, have been affected. A waiver remains in effect for customers traveling to and from the areas affected by the storm.
Despite the flooding, Delta’s Station Manager at Houston-Intercontinental Davina Treadwell says the airline is doing everything possible to keep customers and employees safe and comfortable.
“We’re looking at a lot of options right now to accommodate our customers. In the meantime, we’ve been cooking food for those that are here,” she said. “We’re just riding out the storm at this point.”
With employees’ families in hotels close to the airport, Treadwell said everyone is coming together to make the most of the situation. One employee mentioned it was her daughter’s second birthday, so the team scrappily pulled together a party for her with cake, balloons, candles and decorations. She said she even put on rabbit ears, which had been left over from a previous team celebration, and the team sang happy birthday to her.
“Since we invited employees’ families to stay with them in the hotel rooms we booked, there are a lot of kids running around – and after the birthday party, many of them are calling me Nana Treadwell,” she said. “We’re doing all we can to make the best of a tough situation.”
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