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For: EFE
Wednesday, November 27
More than a thousand flights canceled in the US due to the advance of Ómicron
The major airlines of the United States canceled this Monday more than a thousand flights , the fourth consecutive day of cancellations caused by the advance of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, reported the US company Flight Aware, which provides real-time flight information.
At 9: 15 US East Coast Local Time (14. 19 GMT) had been suspended 810 air routes that had the North American country as their destination or starting point, but five hours later the figure had increased to 1, . 713).
Of the major US airlines, which m The most canceled flights today were United, American Airlines and Delta (with 91, 84 Y 79, respectively); the worst affected airport in the world turned out to be Seattle, where 84 aircraft did not take off and 91 did not land.
Yesterday Sunday there were 1, 517 the flights that stayed on the ground yesterday with origin or destination in the United States, so it is very likely that this figure will be exceeded throughout this Monday.
On Saturday another 1, 000 planes also did not take off and on Friday of Christmas Eve they were 700 aircraft left in hangars, according to Flight Aware.
In addition to cancellations, have recorded 9, the United States.
Airlines have asked their travelers to consult the s web pages and applications to find out about your flights.
United acknowledged that the increase in infections by Omicron in the United States is having a “direct impact” on flight crews and other flight personnel. the company, which has to stay home to recover from the disease and not infect others.
While Delta today assured travelers in their page that a combination of issues, including but not limited to inclement weather in some areas of the country and the impact of the Omicron variant, are behind the cancellations.
” Canceling flights is always the last resort ”, he said in the statement in which he recalled that he canceled 374 of the 4, 155 connecting and main line flights scheduled on Sunday, due to the same factors.
Last week, several airlines petitioned the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to reduce the quarantine of vaccinated pilots infected with coronavirus from 10 to 5 days.
The main epidemiologist of the US Government, Anthony Fauci, today was in favor of requiring proof of vaccination for internal flights within the United States, since according to him this measure will help to overcome the resistance of those who still refuse to be vaccinated and increase the ratio of vaccinated.
U.S remains one of the countries hardest hit by the covid pandemic – 19 more than 800,000 deceased and 52 million infections since March of 2020, indicates the count of John Hopkins University.
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