To date, 4,604 flights have been delayed. About 500 flights are delayed in the United States, to the United States, or from there on Friday. United Airlines and Delta Air Lines also announced on Thursday that they had canceled hundreds of Christmas Eve flights.
JetBlue has also canceled more than 50 flights. Alaska Airlines told CNN in a statement that it had canceled 17 flights on Thursday due to omicron and that it was possible to cancel more on Friday. According to CNN, it has canceled 11 other flights by Friday morning, according to Hill.
Leading Medical Advisor to the White House Anthony Fauci said earlier this week that large gatherings this holiday season are not safe from the coronavirus, even those fully vaccinated.
“Christmas tourism would increase the spread of the variant even among those fully vaccinated,” he said.
The flight cancellation is due to Francis Collins, the resigning director of the National Institutes of Health, warning on Sunday that a million COVID-19 infections a day could start to be seen in the United States if Americans do not take precautionary measures against the coronavirus.
Source: ANI
Source: The Nordic Page