Qantas flights cancelled by US snowstorm causing travel chaos for Australians

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Qantas flights cancelled by US snowstorm causing travel chaos for Australians

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Airlines, including Qantas, cancelled around 6000 flights as US cities braced for record snow.

Airlines, including Qantas, cancelled around 6000 flights as US cities braced for record snow.

A monster snowstorm has struck America's north-east, causing travel chaos for Australians.

Airlines, including Qantas, cancelled around 6000 flights on Wednesday as cities braced for record snow in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia declared states of emergency.

Qantas' US airline partner, American Airlines, cancelled all flights into the New York region's three main airports: John F Kennedy; LaGuardia; and Newark.

Snowplows work to keep the grounds clear at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J.

Snowplows work to keep the grounds clear at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J.Credit: AP

Other Qantas codeshare flights from Boston and Philadelphia were also cancelled.

Qantas flight 12, a popular flight for Australian tourists flying home after American vacations, was scheduled to leave JFK at 8.55pm on Tuesday (US time) for Los Angeles but was cancelled.

The massive number of New York flight cancellations came despite the metropolitan area avoiding the storm's biggest punch, with officials halving the city's snowfall forecast to between 10 to 20cm.

Smarte Cartes sit next to a pile of snow at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York.

Smarte Cartes sit next to a pile of snow at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York.Credit: Jeenah Moon

New York state's north and along the Pennsylvania border expected more than 70cm of snow.

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"Mother Nature is an unpredictable lady sometimes," New York Governor Andrew Cuomo told reporters.

Further north, in Boston, the city was expecting 30cm of snow and around 60cm in other parts of Massachusetts.

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