BBC News - Irene: Thousands of British travellers stranded in US
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Airlines are beginning to resume normal services but passengers face delays as UK-bound flights are already full.
British Airways and Virgin Atlantic are putting on extra flights but BA warned delays would take "a few days" to resolve.
Some 9,000 planes were grounded by the storm, with New York among the cities which closed its airports.
British Airways said it had two days' worth of flights to catch up on and had sent three extra planes to serve Newark and JFK airports in New York.
"It's the peak time of year for travel. People are coming back from summer holidays to start school, so flights are full anyway."
Other eastern cities such as Boston and Baltimore were also affected. It is unclear how many British passengers are stranded but the Association of British Travel Agents (Abta) said as many as 10,000 British holidaymakers could currently be in New York.
And that's just the mainland, where they can more easily move people. Death toll now at 40.