Engagement travel plans foiled

David Tirado proposed to his girlfriend in Central Park this week. They went to the Empire State Building, the top of Rockefeller Center, Ellis Island and Chinatown.

They also went to Kennedy Airport Monday morning, hoping to return home to Spain and celebrate the engagement.

“We don’t have a hotel anymore,” Tirado said while waiting for a shuttle to Terminal 4. He said he was hoping to speak with an official at Delta to figure out where he can stay until his flight back. At Terminal 1, passengers had already been sent back from a closed terminal. “Tomorrow,” an employee said.

But a bus full of heavily bundled travelers with suitcases treading through snow slush filled a shuttle to Terminal 4 around 12:30 p.m. on Monday. They were headed to the typically busiest of terminals at the international airport. “No flights,” one person said as he got off the shuttle before others boarded. “You're wasting your time.”

Tirado said he received an email from Delta alerting him of his canceled flight and the options to rebook a new departure. He said he had no other information other than that about the status of his flight.

The lack of communication raised questions for commuters about the limited information provided by the Port Authority at the airport as they spent long periods in the cold waiting to go to the terminals through shuttles that were generally coming every half hour.