As Hurricane Idalia approaches the U.S. coastline, its impact is already being felt in the aviation sector. The storm, which made landfall near Florida's Big Bend on Wednesday, has prompted airlines to introduce flexible rebooking policies and cancel hundreds of flights across Florida and the Southeast.

Even before its landfall, Hurricane Idalia was causing disruptions for air travelers. By Wednesday afternoon, over 1,000 flights across the U.S. had been canceled, predominantly affecting routes to or from Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, as per data from FlightAware.