The Houston Airport System explained that cease to operate International Airport George W. Bush, the main air terminal in the city starting tomorrow
Houston, USA .- Houston, the fourth largest city in the United States, will be closed to commercial air traffic since at 14:00 hours (19:00 GMT) at its three airports due to the arrival of Hurricane Ike to the area .
The Houston Airport System explained that cease to operate International Airport George W. Bush, the main air terminal in the city, as well as airports William P. Hobby and Ellington Field, until they pass the emergency.
No airline will operate next Saturday and is expected that, depending on the impact of natural phenomenon, flights resume from Sunday.
The airline Continental, which is in Houston one of their main bases, reported that suspended their flights to and from the same city at noon tomorrow Friday.
Southwest Airlines stated that no longer operate its flights to the airport William P. Hobby starting at 09:00 hours (14:00 GMT) on Friday, in anticipation of the deteriorating weather conditions in the area.
Other airlines with traffic to and from Houston, as United and American Airlines, also announced the cancellation of flights from tomorrow Friday.
For his part, Johnson Space Center of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space), in Houston, stopped operating this Thursday to move its Flight Control Centre teams in Austin, Texas, and Huntsville, Alabama.
The Flight Control Center monitors the mission of the astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
