Omicron 'has had a direct impact on our flight crews and the people who run our operation,' United said.
Thousands of customers have been affected by the latest pandemic-driven travel disruptions since Christmas Eve, with airlines including United blaming a "nationwide spike in Omicron cases" in recent days.Thousands more have been canceled over the past few days — including more than 2,300 flights worldwide and another 690 in the U.S. on Christmas Eve.
The cancellations represent between 5% and 10% of each U.S. airline's flights, according to FlightAware.Omicron has "had a direct impact on our flight crews and the people who run our operation," a United spokesperson said in an emailed statement on Friday, when the cancellations began. "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 spokesperson said, noting that airline staff were working to rebook as many people as possible., "Delta teams have exhausted all options and resources — including rerouting and substitutions of aircraft and crews to cover scheduled flying — before canceling around 90 flights for Friday.
Two other major U.S. airlines — American and Southwest — aren't reporting problems with flight cancellations so far,Airlines for America , which lobbies on behalf of all major U.S. airlines, is urging the CDC to cut the quarantine period for fully vaccinated people to five days from symptom onset due to the threat of Omicron.
"The Omicron surge may exacerbate personnel shortages and create significant disruptions to our workforce and operations," A4A CEO Nick Calio said in a letter Thursday to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, per
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