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Airlines worldwide have canceled more than 2,000 flights, including 454 within, to or from the United States.
There will be operational difficulties for airlines as millions are still flying despite rising coronavirus cases. The TSA said it screened 2.19 million people at airports across the country on Thursday, the highest figure since the uptick in leisure travel began a week ago.
“The nationwide spike in Omicron cases this week has had a direct impact on our flight crews and the people running our operation,” said a United memo obtained by CNN.
United said it will “notify affected customers before coming to the airport,” the company said in a statement. “We’re sorry for the disruption and we’re working hard to rebook as many people as possible and get them started for the holiday season.”
Delta said the cancellations are due to multiple issues, including the Omicron variant.
“We apologize to our customers for the delay in their vacation travel plans,” Delta said in a statement. “Delta people are working hard to get them to where they need to be on the next available flight as quickly and safely as possible.”
Alaska Airlines said in a statement that it canceled 17 flights on Thursday due to Omicron and that more cancellations are possible on Christmas Eve. So far, it has canceled 11 flights on Friday.
Thousands of international flights cancelled
China Eastern has canceled 474 flights, or 22% of its operation, according to FlightAware. Similarly, Air China canceled about 190 flights, or 15% of the schedule.
Air India, Shenzhen Airlines, Lion Air and Wings Air have all canceled dozens of flights.
– Andy Rose, Sharif Paget and Ramishah Maruf contributed to this report
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