Delta Air Lines plans a reduced schedule through Tuesday afternoon and will cancel more than 1,400 Delta and Delta Connection flights systemwide "as extreme snow and ice conditions continue in Atlanta and a severe winter storm moves into the Northeast," the airline said.
Those cancellations, which represent about 25 percent of the airline's total flights, are on top of 2,050 Monday cancellations Delta attributed to the Atlanta snowstorm.
AirTran canceled more than 240 flights Tuesday as it slowly resumes operations at its Atlanta hub.
"We are actively de-icing aircraft and clearing ramp areas of snow and ice," spokesman Christopher White said. "We expect our operations to continue to increase throughout the day but there are still many cancellations."
As the system that blanketed Atlanta with ice makes its way up the east coast, several more airports are likely to be affected.
AirTran pre-canceled more than 30 flights to Northeast airports, including Baltimore/Washington, Boston, Philadelphia and White Plains, N.Y.
Delta, along with AirTran, is allowing customers scheduled to fly to, from or through Atlanta and to certain Northeast cities, to change their flights without fees.
Passengers are urged to make changes on the airlines' websites, delta.com and airtran.com.
MARTA, which canceled bus service for Monday, said buses also will not run Tuesday. The agency said it would notify the public as soon as it knew when bus service would resume. Cobb Community Transit also canceled all bus service Tuesday.
Gwinnett County Transit canceled express bus service again on Tuesday, but said local service would begin at noon, "weather permitting."
Quick Transit buses in Clayton County are not running, either. The private company said it did not know when service would resume.
Road conditions are not expected to improve much, with temperatures hovering around freezing the rest of the week.
MARTA rail service continues to operate, though passengers should expect delays.
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