The effects of the rapidly-spreading COVID-19 omicron variant have forced Alaska Airlines to cut their January departure schedule by 10%, although very few of those flights will be from Alaska.
that they would reduce departures by approximately 10% through the end of the month.
Due to disruptions in staffing levels from the omicron variant of COVID-19, Alaska Airlines will focus the majority of their departure reductions on out-of-state flights. “The majority of this schedule reduction will occur in the Lower 48. There are not significant changes to our normal January flying to communities in Alaska,” External Affairs Manager Tim Thompson said in an email to Alaska’s News Source.
The press release issued an apology to guests and said that “unprecedented employee sick calls” have curtailed the capacity for the airline to operate reliably. “This will give us the flexibility and capacity needed to reset while continued flexible travel policies enable guests to adjust their plans accordingly,” the release said.but has not recently announced any updates to mitigation policies on their aircraft.
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