Airlines resuming flights in the Northeast

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NEW YORK (AP) — Airports in the New York area are open again now

that Tropical Storm Irene has left town, but airlines warn it will

be days before all stranded passengers find their way

home.

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New York’s John F. Kennedy International and Newark Liberty

International airports opened to arriving flights at 6 a.m. EDT.

Departing flights are expected to start at noon. LaGuardia Airport

opened to both arriving and departing flights at 7 a.m.

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Flight tracking service FlightAware says there are nearly 1,500

cancelled flights on Monday, adding to the nearly 12,000 grounded

this weekend. That tops record cancellations seen with a pair of

massive snow storms this winter.

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There are limited seats for passengers stranded because of Irene.

Many flights are full ahead of Labor Day weekend.

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