Omicron continues to disrupt travel plans on Christmas weekend
2021-12-27 10:25:56 source：The Aljazeera
December 26, 2021
Airlines across the world have cancelled flights for a third day in a row on Sunday as crews are grounded amid surging COVID-19 infections due to the highly transmissible Omicron variant, forcing tens of thousands of Christmas travellers to change their plans.
More than 6,000 flights have been cancelled worldwide over the long Christmas weekend and thousands more were delayed, according to a tracking website, as the highly infectious Omicron variant brings holiday hurt to millions.
Globally, airlines scrapped about 2,200 flights as of Sunday morning, down from more than 2,800 from the day before, FlightAware’s data showed.
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