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Originally Posted by DeanFL
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Omicron variant causes Christmas flight cancellations and holiday travel headaches
Delta and United Airlines are both blaming some cancellations on issues stemming from the omicron variant.
Travelers are having a rough Christmas Eve at the airport due in part to the coronavirus omicron variant.
According to Flight Aware, United Airlines has canceled 185 flights scheduled for Friday, about 9% of its planned schedule, and about 123 that were slated for Saturday.
United Airlines isn't the only airline feeling the impact of the omicron variant, as Delta Air Lines is also blaming the omicron variant for some flight cancellations.
According to Flight Aware, Delta Air Lines has canceled 165 flights on Friday, and 164 for Saturday.
JetBlue is also having issues, with 72 Christmas Eve flights canceled, or 7% of its scheduled flights.
Must be horrible for all those impacted, waiting for cancelled flight rebooking and waiting for family to arrive from air travel.
We are not affected. phew.
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Thank you for bringing this up.......I have a flight in one week to come down to my home in the villages and honestly I'm very concerned. I've been very lucky not getting covid so far, 3 shots in my arm.. my concern is will I step on that plane and expose myself, like all these workers.. will I get to TV and everything closes down.. are the squares open? I guess I'm saying if I get there and basically have to stay in the house all the time, I might as well stay up north.
Ps....I am not paranoid, but have a few issues that I need to be cautious.