Omicron Flight Cancellations Strand Travelers
By midmorning Saturday on the East Coast, more than 2,300 U.S. flights had been canceled, according to flight tracking services. This is the highest single-day toll yet since just before Christmas, when airlines began blaming staffing shortages on increasing COVID-19 infections among crews.
Weather played a part as well. Chicago’s made it the worst place in the country for travelers, with 800 flights scrubbed at O’Hare and more than 250 at Midway.
Thousands of flights canceled on New Year’s Day
Disruptions have continued throughout the holiday week, stranding holiday travelers at airports nationwide
By Daniella Genovese
More than 2,000 flights are canceled on New Year’s Day as the omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to upend airline operations during the holiday travel season.
According to FlightAware, a flight-tracking website, 2,311 flights entering, leaving or within the U.S. were canceled as of 7:30 a.m. ET Saturday. Another 424 flights were delayed.
Southwest has the most cancelations of the major U.S. carriers with 457 scrapped flights as of 7:30 a.m. ET. Meanwhile, nearly 190 American Airlines flights were canceled in addition to 180 Delta and 142 United flights. JetBlue had 118 canceled flights and Spirit had 91.
The disruptions have continued throughout the holiday week, stranding holiday travelers at airports across the nation.
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Major carriers such as Delta, United and JetBlue have all blamed the omicron variant for causing staffing problems that ultimately lead to flight cancellations. Earlier this week, a United spokesperson noted that it was unclear when normal operations would return.
Then there’s a 33% chance of Karen even if one is seated onboard, masked in a packed cattle car. Fly the friendly skies.
Category: "Teh Stoopid", Blue Skies
Pussies.
this. All over a bad cold…
There is a reason why even if you just have a cold or a case of sinusitis you do not fly. Pressurization in a commercial flight is kept at abut 7,000′ altitude pressure. Having an issue with your sinuses would be a very ungood thing in that case, especially if you are the ones driving the plane.
Another data point in the spread sheet of why I won’t fly nowhere, nohow, for no reason whatsoever.
With you there, VESS
I haven’t flown since W started impinging on American’s rights to free movement in the name of “Homeland Security” ptui
If I can drive there, I will.
I would make an exception for a trip to Germany & Scotland, but only for that. Might take a boat anyway…
Alec Baldwin has killed as many people as the Omnicron Variant.
“Plane, Trains and Automobiles”.
If they remove the seats and have everyone sit on the floor
the flight would go much smoother. And no stewardess….just a loadmaster.
Been there…done that…no thanks! Them lunch, boxed is pert near bad as ham & muthers.
Flew ATL 2 TPA on Monday 20 Dec. Packed flight. Spent a week in Flur-ruh-duh, out and about around all kinds of unmasked folks. Flew back Monday 27 Dec, another packed flight. TSA got nervous about my carry on. It had an ornate candle that was packed with bags of hard candy. Kinda looked like a round claymore on the x-ray. Good Times!
I ain’t sick yet, other than I wasn’t one of them dogs waiting on OAM to get home.
This has got to be Trump fault…somehow.
If they were heading to the freedom bird it would sell, if they were embarking for that land if the all night generator, and the big PX it would sell, to go to a business meeting, probably not so much
KoB
I hope that the place you stayed at in the gunshine state of Florida had an official original under the kitchen sink Purifier like I have.
FEAR! PANIC! TERROR!
Our local rag was all front-page (D) lies today about January 6 and COVID. And they wonder why they are losing readership?