Storms, Omicron Saw 6,000 US Flights Cancelled In One Weekend

Monday, 3 January 2022newsdesk

Airlines greeted the New Year with more than 6,600 weekend cancellations in the U.S., closing out a bumpy holiday season as a winter storm swept eastward and carriers dealt with staff shortages caused by the rapid spread of the omicron variant.

New Delhi, 03 January 2022

As per news report of NDTV, Cancellations of flights into, out of and within the U.S. reached 2,679 Sunday along with 9,002 delays, according to the tracking firm FlightAware.com. That followed cancellations of more than 2,700 flights Saturday and at least 1,300 on Friday, which was New Year's Eve. With more than 1,300 U.S. flights already dropped for Monday, it won't be much easier for travelers attempting to return home after the bumpy holiday season. The busy travel period has been snarled by at least 13,000 canceled flights since Christmas Eve as record Covid-19 infections contribute to worker shortages at airports and in the cockpits.

Source - NDTV