Flights resume as US recovers from Hurricane Sandy

As the US Northeast recovers from Hurricane Sandy, the following is a list of service updates for New York, New Jersey and the District of Columbia:

More than 18,100 flights have been cancelled and that number is expected to rise, according to flight tracker FlightAware.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said JFK and Newark airports would open at 7 am on Wednesday with limited service, while LaGuardia remains closed.

Dulles and Reagan airports near Washington, DC, resumed a limited number of flights on Tuesday and many airlines were likely to resume operations on Wednesday. Some flights were operating at Philadelphia Airport and Boston's Logan Airport.

US Airways was expected to resume service on Wednesday at most airports except LaGuardia, JFK and Newark.

American Airlines has flights scheduled into Richmond, Virginia, several Ohio airports, Pittsburgh and Boston on Tuesday. It said flights might not operate into LaGuardia, JFK and Newark on Wednesday.

United Airlines said the weather had delayed its planned resumption of service at Newark, but it plans to resume inbound flights there on Wednesday if conditions allow.

JetBlue Airways planned to have arrivals only at JFK on Wednesday, and would advise on resuming service at other New York area airports.

Delta Air Lines said flights had resumed at East Coast airports outside the New York area and it planned limited domestic flights to JFK on Wednesday afternoon.

(Reuters)