Tens of thousands of travellers in the US were having their holiday plans upended by the Omicron coronavirus variant. 2,200 The number of flights scrapped globally as of Sunday morningDelta, United and JetBlue have blamed Omicron for staffing shortages that forced cancellations. Globally, airlines scrapped about 2,200 flights as of Sunday morning, down from more than 2,800 from the day before, FlightAware’s data showed. Delta cancelled 5% and United cancelled 4%, according to FlightAware. The three airlines cancelled more than 10% of their scheduled flights on Saturday.

Source: Irish Examiner December 26, 2021 20:27 UTC