The incentives come amid a swath of flight cancellations during the holiday week as pilots, flight attendants and ground crews become infected with or are exposed to the omicron variant of the coronavirus.
Spirit Airlines is offering its flight attendants double pay for working through Jan. 4 amid a swath of virus-related staffing shortages, according to Reuters. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESSThroughout the holiday week, airlines have seen pilots, flight attendants, and ground crews call out of work after becoming infected with or being exposed to the virus.
United Airlines employees work at ticket counters in Terminal 1 at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, on Oct. 14, 2020. Delta, United and JetBlue have all blamed the omicron variant for causing staffing issues that have led to flights being canceled. Bad weather over the holidays has also impacted airline operations.
For instance, the Pacific Northwest was slammed with cold and heavy snow over the Christmas weekend. Among U.S. airports, Seattle-Tacoma had the highest percentage of incoming and outgoing flights canceled Wednesday, according to FlightAware.
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