NY Flights Resume, Some Subway Traffic

(AP)  NEW YORK’S SUBWAYS ARE ROLLING AGAIN — AT LEAST, SOME OF THEM, AS A TRAIN PULLED OUT OF PENN STATION THREE DAYS AFTER TUNNELS WERE FLOODED IN SUPERSTORM SANDY.

MTA CHAIRMAN JOSEPH LHOTA SAYS 14 OF THE CITY’S 23 SUBWAY LINES ARE TO BE OPERATING TODAY WITH SERVICE RESTORATION TO CONTINUE AS THE DAYS GO ON.  NONE OF THE TRAINS ARE GOING INTO LOWER MANHATTAN, WHICH IS STILL DEALING WITH A MASSIVE BLACKOUT.  BUT COMMUTERS CAN AT LEAST BE HAPPY ABOUT THE PRICE. GOV. ANDREW CUOMO WAIVED FARES THROUGH FRIDAY.  THE SUBWAYS CARRY 5.2 MILLION RIDERS DAILY.  THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD AND METRO-NORTH EACH WERE PROVIDING LIMITED SERVICE.  THEY HAVE 300,000 DAILY RIDERS.

MEANWHILE, ALL THREE MAJOR NEW YORK AIRPORTS ARE OPEN AGAIN AFTER SUPERSTORM SANDY SHUT THEM DOWN.  LAGUARDIA REOPENED THURSDAY ON A LIMITED SCHEDULE.  ITS BIGGER INTERNATIONAL COUNTERPARTS, KENNEDY AND NEWARK LIBERTY, HAD ALREADY REOPENED ON A LIMITED BASIS.  THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY SAYS THE FIRST PLANE LANDING AT LAGUARDIA WAS A DELTA AIR LINES FLIGHT OUT OF SYRACUSE.  SPOKESMAN PASQUALE DIFULCO STRONGLY URGES PASSENGERS TO CONFIRM FLIGHTS BEFORE HEADING TO THE AIRPORT.  HE SAYS KENNEDY AND NEWARK SHOULD BE AT FULL OPERATIONS TOMORROW.