As hurricane Irene continued to wreak havoc on the travel plans of US-bound passengers, airlines have asked travel agents not to take fresh bookings to New York, Newark and Washington till further notice.

Airports on the east coast of the US have been closed because of turbulence triggered by the hurricane. Flights scheduled to depart early on Monday from Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi were cancelled. Flights to the east coast have been cancelled since Saturday.

Jet Airways cancelled its NewYork-B russels-NewYork and Chennai-B russels-New York flights on Monday. Air India cancelled its Delhi-New York, New York-Delhi, Mumbai-Newark and Newark-Mumbai flights on Sunday. Lufthansa has informed passengers that they might operate flights from Frankfurt to New York from Monday. The airline is flying to Frankfurt but it is not certain whether it will operate flights from Frankfurt to the US.The airline has cancelled its Frankfurt-Newark, Frankfurt-Boston, Frankfurt-Philadelphia flights on Sunday.