More than 2,000 flights have been canceled today as Covid cases surge across the globe
Of the nearly 2,200 canceled flights, more than 700 were within, into or out of the United States, according to FlightAware. More than 3,000 flights are delayed.Globally, airlines canceled more than 6,000 flights on Christmas Eve, Christmas and the day after Christmas. In the United States, more than 1,200 flights were canceled and more than 5,000 were delayed on Sunday alone as staff and crew call out sick.The cancellations come at the busiest time of year for air travel.
Read MoreUnited Airlines said last week it had to cancel hundreds of flights because it lacked enough crew members to safely fly all of its scheduled routes."The nationwide spike in Omicron cases this week has had a direct impact on our flight crews and the people who run our operation," said a United memo obtained by CNN.Delta said it was working to get all stranded travelers home as quickly as possible.
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