Washington, December 26, : .Holiday season stress in America has increased due to the Omicron variant Covid-19.
Several airlines have reported staff shortages as a result of the spreading coronavirus.This left passengers without flights or delayed. FlightAware is a flight tracking site.880 domestic flights in, out, or within the US were cancelled December 25.These flights were one of approximately 2,521 cancelled flights worldwide.Xinhua reported that National Public Radio (NPR), said the cancellation in a Saturday report.
According to the report, “US-based carriers such as JetBlue, United and Delta are seeing high cancellation rates.”
Delta has cancelled 14 percent of Christmas Day flights alone, while American Airlines (AAL), cancelled 88 Saturday flights.
Although their operations were “running smoothly”, Covid-related sick call led to them cancelling some scheduled flights.Customers affected by the cancellations were informed the previous day.AAL stated in a statement.
According to NPR, “Although airline travel had been recovering before Omicron was introduced, the large spike in positive Covid-19 case seen in the recent weeks has caused concern for airlines in order to keep airline employees and passengers safe.”
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are being urged to take major steps to require proof of vaccination and a negative Covid-19 screening for domestic flight travel.
In a Monday letter, the legislators wrote to the CDC/FAA that “Ensuring safety and health of passengers and the destination communities is crucial to mitigating this ongoing Covid-19 surge,” they said.
According to the CDC, vaccination protocols are in place for foreign travelers who travel into the US.
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