Thousands of flights cancelled worldwide due to the rise of the omniron variant

Thousands of flights have been canceled around the world for the first weekend of Christmas, when the largest displacements usually occur, given the havoc that the omniron variant is causing in numerous countries, according to data from FlightAware.This website that analyzes air traffic has indicated that only on Christmas Eve more than 2,400 flights were canceled, to which are added about 1,800 for the same December 25 and another 400 for Sunday, that is, about 4,600 in this first weekend of the Christmas holidays. In the United States alone, 454 flights have been canceled on December 24. “The national uptick in omicron cases this week has had a direct impact on our crews,” United Airlines said in a CNN circular. We are upset and are working hard to be able to relocate as many people as possible and take them to their destinations on this holiday,” the US airline said in a statement. Delta AirLines also canceled 130 flights on Friday due to incidents related to the advance of omicron. “We apologize to our customers for the delay in their plans to travel on their Christmas holidays,” he said. In China, two airlines – China Eastern and Air China – have canceled more than 660 flights, to which are added identical measures of other minor airlines of the Asian giant.

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