Abu Dhabi flag-carrier Etihad Airways has halted six flights connecting the UAE capital with New York-JFK and Washington-Dulles for Sunday, 25 January, as the same Storm Fern system continues to paralyse North-East US airports. The affected rotations include EY1, EY3, EY2, EY4, EY5 and EY6. All other North American routes remain operational for now.
Etihad travellers are being rebooked or offered full refunds and have been urged to update contact details via the airline’s website or mobile app to receive real-time SMS alerts. Etihad’s customer-service team is also fielding duty-of-care requests from corporate accounts that routinely shuttle staff between Abu Dhabi’s energy and finance sectors and US headquarters.
The cancellations highlight how weather events thousands of kilometres away can stall mobility programmes based in the Gulf. Immigration advisers note that UAE residents heading to the US should confirm that their ESTA approvals or visa validity will still cover the new travel dates, and reconsider tight onward connections to Canada or Latin America.
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For anyone whose visa or ESTA now needs to be amended because of the shifting flight schedules, VisaHQ’s United Arab Emirates portal (https://www.visahq.com/united-arab-emirates/) provides a fast, fully online way to renew or obtain travel authorisations. The platform offers live chat with document specialists, embassy-tracking alerts, and even courier pick-ups, helping travellers ensure their paperwork aligns seamlessly with Etihad’s updated timetable.
Cargo managers, meanwhile, report that Etihad’s JFK route normally carries high-value pharmaceuticals that require precise temperature control. With capacity offline, shippers are evaluating Doha and Istanbul as alternate gateways, potentially lengthening transit times into the UAE health-care market.
Airport authorities at JFK and Dulles expect runway and de-icing operations to normalise within 36–48 hours, after which Etihad says it will “gradually reinstate the full schedule.”
Etihad travellers are being rebooked or offered full refunds and have been urged to update contact details via the airline’s website or mobile app to receive real-time SMS alerts. Etihad’s customer-service team is also fielding duty-of-care requests from corporate accounts that routinely shuttle staff between Abu Dhabi’s energy and finance sectors and US headquarters.
The cancellations highlight how weather events thousands of kilometres away can stall mobility programmes based in the Gulf. Immigration advisers note that UAE residents heading to the US should confirm that their ESTA approvals or visa validity will still cover the new travel dates, and reconsider tight onward connections to Canada or Latin America.
For anyone whose visa or ESTA now needs to be amended because of the shifting flight schedules, VisaHQ’s United Arab Emirates portal (https://www.visahq.com/united-arab-emirates/) provides a fast, fully online way to renew or obtain travel authorisations. The platform offers live chat with document specialists, embassy-tracking alerts, and even courier pick-ups, helping travellers ensure their paperwork aligns seamlessly with Etihad’s updated timetable.
Cargo managers, meanwhile, report that Etihad’s JFK route normally carries high-value pharmaceuticals that require precise temperature control. With capacity offline, shippers are evaluating Doha and Istanbul as alternate gateways, potentially lengthening transit times into the UAE health-care market.
Airport authorities at JFK and Dulles expect runway and de-icing operations to normalise within 36–48 hours, after which Etihad says it will “gradually reinstate the full schedule.”
