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WestJet flies through U.S. winter issues

But service buffetted by Atlantic Canadian storms

Winter weather woes wreaking havoc on the eastern U.S. hasn't impacted WestJet's operations, but Atlantic Canada's fourth storm of the season was not so kind.

Airline spokesperson Robert Palmer said Tuesday a blizzard dumping more than two feet of snow on a swathe of the U.S.'s busiest airspace during some of the most hectic travel days of the year did not impact WestJet.

The airline, however, did experience problems Sunday and Monday from December blasts of heavy, wet snow and strong winds hitting Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in particular.

WestJet offers flights to Vancouver out of the Prince George Airport.

"We have experienced many delays and cancellations yesterday and the day before as a result of winter storms in Halifax and Moncton, however," said Palmer. "We're getting back to normal today."

Representatives of Air Canada and Prince George Airport were unavailable for comment.

In what the Canadian Press reports is the fourth storm in as many weeks, residents from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island endured as much as 30 centimetres of snow in some areas this week.

In the United States, two of New York's largest airports, LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International began receiving flights late Monday while Newark began taking in passengers Tuesday morning after all three cancelled 1,500 flights over the weekend (see story page 15).

The storm dumped 50.8 centimetres of snow on New York's famed Central Park, making it the sixth-worst storm to hit the U.S.' most populated city since record keeping began in 1869.