Omicron cancels 7,000 flights worldwide

Omicron cancels 7,000 flights worldwide
Sunday 26 December 2021 - 15:25

Over 7,000 flights were canceled around the world during the Christmas holiday weekend, and thousands were postponed, as Omicron spreads worldwide, according to a website that specializes in tracking air traffic, on Sunday.

And Flightaware.com announced the cancellation of more than 2,000 flights on Sunday; Among them, more than 570 flights coming from or heading to US airports, while more than four thousand other flights were postponed.

Bad weather exacerbates the turmoil in the travel sector in the United States, where storms are expected to cause chaos on the roads in the west of the country.

Friday, about 2,400 flights were canceled, while delays of about 11,000 were announced.

The largest number of flight cancellation decisions were announced among Chinese airlines.  China Eastern announced the cancellation of about 1,000 flights, while Air China has suspended nearly 20 percent of its scheduled flights during this period.

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