The airline most affected in the world by the cancellations this Sunday was SkyWest. It is followed by China Eastern and Southwest.
Airlines canceled more than 5,000 U.S. flights in the first weekend of 2022, continuing more than a week of major aerial disturbances caused by the expansion of the variant omicron of the coronavirus that has caused a lack of personnel, combined with a snowstorm.
At 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (9:30 p.m. GMT) this Sunday, 2,465 cancellations had been registered in the whole country on that day, to which are added the 2,750 on Saturday, which represents more than half of the global cancellations from around the world during the weekend (8,888).
The Chicago city, in the northwestern United States, was once again the worst hit in the world by a snowstorm today, which has led to the O’Hare airport having 280 flights at origin and 262 at destination canceled, followed by Denver (Colorado), Atlanta (Georgia) and Newark (New Jersey).
More than a thousand flights canceled in the US due to the omicron variant
The lack of personnel due to covid-19 infections that have been affecting the flights has also become clear with the news that has been known with respecto a United Airlines, which has offered its pilots to triple their salary for much of the month of January to try to minimize cancellations.
1,500 flights canceled in three days on American Airlines due to lack of staff
By airlines, the most affected in the world by cancellations this Sunday was SkyWest (US regional airline) with 521 flights canceled, followed by China Eastern (468 flights canceled) and Southwest (421 flights canceled). (I)
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