'I’m going to miss Christmas with my family!' Thousands of flights canceled worldwide due to omicron's spread As airlines try to rebook passengers, the surge in cases has put pressure on staffing at both airports and airlines.
Thousands of flights were canceled over Christmas weekend worldwide, as the COVID-19 omicron variant continued its rapid spread, putting pressure on staffing at both airports and airlines.
Delta Air Lines had canceled 282 flights early on Christmas Day, United Airlines had canceled 238 flights, Jet Blue JBLU, +0.20% had canceled 120 flights, and American Airlines AAL, had canceled 88 flights. Passengers took to Twitter TWTR, +0.59% to express their frustration and disappointment. “I’m going to miss Christmas with my family!” one man wrote. “You canceled my direct flight on Christmas Eve,” another passenger tweeted an airline.
“As a result, we’ve unfortunately had to cancel some flights and are notifying impacted customers in advance of them coming to the airport.” The airline said that it was working hard to rebook passengers.
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