Airlines around the world canceled at least 2,401 flights yesterday, on Christmas Eve, which FlightAware.com estimates is usually a busy day at airports. Almost 10,000 more flights have been postponed.
According to the same source, 1,779 flights worldwide were canceled for Christmas, as well as 402 more scheduled for tomorrow, Sunday. Flights to / from the US account for more than a quarter of all flights canceled this weekend, according to FlightAware.
Among the first American companies to announce a wave of flight cancellations over the Christmas weekend were United Airlines and Delta Air Lines, which together canceled nearly 280 flights just yesterday, citing staff shortages amid the growing COVID-19 outbreak.
In recent days, cases of coronavirus in the United States have become more frequent due to the highly contagious (from the Latin contagiosus – infectious, infectious) strain of Omicron, which was first discovered in November and currently accounts for almost three quarters of infections in the United States, and even 90 in some regions. % of cases.
The average number of new coronavirus cases in the United States rose 45% last week, to 179,000 a day, according to Reuters calculations.
More than 44,000 new confirmed infections were reported in New York yesterday alone, surpassing the state’s daily record. At least 10 other states have set new “sad” records in 24 hours (Thursday and Friday, December 23rd and 24th).
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