As Christmas Eve morning progresses, air travel chaos across the US worsens.
As of 0800 ET, CNN's Pete Muntean said US airline carriers had canceled 450 flights due to staffing shortages linked to COVID-19 cases.
Delta how on earth can you cancel a flight on Dec 25 when people are trying to get home for Christmas??? How can you be so cruel inefficient and inconsiderate towards your frequent flyers??????? pic.
Holiday travelers received a troubling last-minute message: major airlines are canceling flights on Christmas Eve due to staffing shortages linked to COVID-19 cases.
According to Bloomberg, at least 200 flights on Friday have been canceled by United Airlines Holdings Inc. and Delta Air Lines Inc. "The nationwide spike in Omicron cases this week has had a direct impact on our flight crews and the people who run our operation," a United memo said, which was obtained by CNN. United is "Notifying impacted customers in advance of them coming to the airport," according to the memo.
Flight cancellations due to staffing shortages have been nothing new for airlines in the last several months.
As of Friday morning, up to 1,900 flights worldwide have been canceled, according to the Flight Aware website.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/flight-cancellations-christmas-eve-upend-holiday-travel
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