Commercial airlines around the world cancelled more than 4,300 flights over the Christmas weekend, as a mounting wave of Covid-19 infections driven by the Omicron variant stymied travel plans.
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – US airlines canceled hundreds of flights on Christmas Eve amid a surge in COVID-19 infections driven by the Omicron variant but millions of wary Americans carried on with travel plans through a second pandemic-clouded winter holiday.
Commercial air traffic within the United States and into or out of the country accounted for more than a quarter of all the canceled flights over the weekend, said a report.
Omicron mars Christmas weekend, 4500 flights cancelled - Commercial air traffic within the US and into or out of the country accounted for more than a quarter of all the cancelled flights over the weekend.
Commercial airlines around the world canceled more than 4,500 flights over the Christmas weekend, as a mounting wave of COVID-19 infections driven by the omicron variant created greater uncertainty and misery for holiday travelers.