Severe weather, omicron infections drive thousands more U.S. flight cancellations
2022-01-02 11:23:34 source：CNBC
January 1, 2022
Airlines canceled more than 2,600 U.S. flights on New Year’s Day as they faced severe weather across the country and a surge in omicron infections among staff that has disrupted air travel throughout the year-end holidays.
The issues won’t be resolved anytime soon. By Saturday afternoon, the airlines had already canceled more than 1,000 U.S. flights scheduled for Sunday. Since Christmas Eve, more than 13,700 U.S. flights have been scrapped and thousands more were delayed, according to flight-tracking site FlightAware.
The travel woes come during what airlines expected to be among the busiest days since the pandemic began. Last year, the Transportation Security Administration screened nearly 580 million people, up 79% from 2020 but still off about 30% from 2019 before the pandemic.
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