As of 8:00 p.m. EDT, there had been 1,020 cancellations nationwide.
More than a thousand flights have been canceled this Wednesday with origin or destination in US airports, on the sixth day of air disturbances caused by the expansion of the omicron variant of the coronavirus combined by a snowstorm in the west of the country.
At 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, 1,020 cancellations had been registered nationwide, more than a third of cancellations worldwide (2,805) throughout the day on Wednesday, figures that seem to indicate a slight decrease in these incidents compared to the past few days.
The Seattle-Tacoma airport, in the northwestern United States, which has been experiencing a blizzard and snow for several days, has today been the most affected in the world, with 88 flights canceled at origin and 101 at destination; they are followed by Beijing and Jakarta.
Other US airports affected to a lesser extent are those of Newark (northeast), Chicago (downtown), where the cancellations seem linked to the spread of the covid-19 virus among the crews of the different planes.
By airlines, the most affected in the world by cancellations, as in recent days, is China Eastern (441 flights affected), SkyWest (US regional line, with 271), Air China, United and Delta Airlines, in this order . (I)
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