New York, January 1, : , More than 2,000 flights were cancelled as Omicron virus continued to disrupt airline operations in America during holiday travel season.FlightAware is a flight tracking website.
As of Saturday morning, 2/311 US flights had been cancelled or delayed.
Southwest is the US’s largest carrier with 457 cancelled flights at 7.30 am.ET.ET.According to Xinhua, JetBlue cancelled 118 flights while Spirit had 91.
Fox Business reported that “the disruptions continued throughout the holiday weekend, stranding holiday travellers at airports across America.”
According to the report, major carriers like JetBlue, United, and Delta all blame the Omicron variant of causing staffing issues that eventually led to cancellations.
A spokesperson for United stated earlier this week that normal operation would not resume until a date was set.
Over the last year, flight delays and cancellations due to staff shortages were a frequent problem in the US airline industry.
These latest disturbances occur at a moment when Transportation Security Administration (TSA), projected that travel volumes would be close to pre-pandemic levels.
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