More cases of the new type of coronavirus, Omicron, have been reported and more than 4,000 flights have been canceled worldwide in the past few days.
More than half of the 4,000 flights were to the United States, canceled due to an increase in coronavirus cases.
According to British news agency Reuters and flight tracking website FlightAware.com, more than 2,400 flights to or from the United States were canceled by 8pm GMT on Sunday (Greenwich Mean Time).
Globally, 11,200 flights were delayed yesterday.
According to FlightAware, the airlines with the most cancellations were SkyWest and Southwest Airlines.
510 flights of SkyWest and 419 flights of Southwest Airlines were canceled.
The Christmas and New Year holidays are usually the best time to travel by air, but the rapidly spreading Omicron variant has led to a huge increase in coronavirus cases. Due to the quarantine of pilots and crew, airlines have been forced to cancel flights.
Transportation agencies across the United States are also suspending or reducing services due to staff shortages related to the coronavirus.
Record cases of Omicron have been reported, dampening New Year’s festivities in a large part of the world.
It should be noted that due to the increase in coronavirus cases in the United States, some companies have changed their plans to increase the number of employees working in their offices.
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