2021-12-25 11:39
Original title: Affected by the surge in Ome Keron’s new crown cases, American Airlines canceled a large number of Christmas trips Source: cnbeta
Affected by the surge in cases of Ome Keron’s new crown variants, the already busy Christmas trip once again encountered twists and turns.On Friday, many American airlines reported delays or cancellations, partly due to manpower shortages caused by the pandemic.According to Flight Aware, a tracking platform for airlines and airport operations, as ofPacific OceanAt 11:53 am, 1819 flights within and outside the United States (including cross-border) flights were delayed, and another 604 flights were cancelled.
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In fact, as early as the day before Christmas Eve, Flight Aware had already notified the delay of 5,279 flights and the cancellation of 281 flights.
On Friday, United Airlines, Delta and JetBlue suffered the most severe blows. Newark, New Jersey, Chicago O’Hare, Los Angeles and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, two international airports also encountered considerable difficulties.
It is also reported that the White House will lift the travel ban on the eight southern African countries where the new crown Omi Keron mutant strain was originally discovered on December 31.
The restriction imposed last month has affected most non-US citizens who have recently been to Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
United Airlines confirmed in a statement that the flight problems encountered by the company on Friday were directly related to the surge in Ome Keron’s new crown variant cases.
Delta Air Lines also attributed the delay to the Ome Keron COVID-19 case that broke out in the winter in a blog post:
Finally, Delta Air Lines expects that the number of cancelled flights this weekend will continue to grow, and JetBlue Airways failed to immediately respond to foreign media’s requests for comment.
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