New York: At least 5,700 flights have been canceled throughout the world during the long Christmas weekend and thousands of others were delayed, a tracking website reported Saturday, because the omicron variant was very contagious carrying a headache to travel to millions.
According to Flightware, more than 2,500 flights were rubbed around the world on Christmas Day, including more than 870 originating from or to the United States airport, with around 4,200 delays at 1430 GMT.
On Friday, there are around 2,400 cancellations and 11,000 delays, while the cancellation of Sunday has reached 800.
Pilots, flight attendants and other employees have called sick or must quarante after exposure to Covid, Forcing Lufthansa, Delta, United Airlines, JetBlue, United Airlines Delta, United Airlines, Delta, United Airlines, JetBlue and many other short-staff operators to cancel flights during one of the periods of travel peak year.
“Help @United Flight canceled again.
I want to go home for Christmas,” a traveler who was annoyed from the US state Vermont tweeted to the airline early Saturday.
Flighteare data shows United cancel around 200 flights every Friday and Saturday, or 10% of those scheduled.
The struggle for changing the pilot and aircraft routes and rewarding employees is ongoing, but the surge in Omicron has improved the business.
“The national spike in the Omicron case this week has had a direct impact on our flight crew and the people who carry out our operations,” United said in a statement on Friday.
“As a result, we unfortunately have to cancel several flights and notify the affected customers before they come to the airport,” the airline said.
Likewise, Delta breathes at least 280 Saturday flights and has canceled 64 on Sunday, says it has “exhausted all options and resources – including routes and replacing aircraft and crew to cover scheduled flying”.
“We apologize to our customers for the delay on their vacation trips,” said the company.
Cancellation was added to the frustration of the pandemic for many people who want to reunite with their families during the holidays, after last year’s Christmas was very limited.
China Airlines contributed the highest number of cancellation, with China Eastern Scapping 1,000 flights, more than 20% of their flight plans, on Friday and Saturday and Air China also grased around 20% of scheduled departures during the period.
Bumpaccording is a great trip for estimated from the American Automobile Association, more than 109 million Americans are scheduled to travel by plane, train or car between December 23 and January 2, an increase of 34% last year.
But most of the plans were made before the outbreak of Omicron, which has become the dominant tension in the United States, engulfed several hospitals and health workers.
The state of New York announced Friday that recorded 44,431 new daily positive covid tests, new records.
Fortunately, Omicron did not affect the plan of Santa’s trip, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), who had tracked Stmat Christmas travel for six decades.
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden spoke with Norad officials Friday to ensure the Christmas Father’s journey went smoothly.
Biden then spoke with several American families through video calls to discuss vacations.
But the light moment became sour, exposing the country’s political division, when a recent father by Biden, a happy vacation launched an insult to him.
The Father answers “Merry Christmas,” but followed up with “Let’s go Brandon,” a phrase used by Donald Trump supporters as euphemism for a degrading statement against the current president.