Image A United Airlines gate agent this week in Denver. United joined many other airlines in canceling flights over Christmas. Credit... Erin Schaff/The New York TimesThousands of would-be travelers received the same troubling message on Thursday: a last-minute cancellation of their Christmas Eve flight because of the recent spike of Omicron cases. United Airlines canceled at least 150 flights scheduled to leave dozens of airports on Friday — along with 44 more that were supposed to take off on Saturday, according to Flight Aware. — Slurp1953 (@slurp1953) December 23, 2021In Australia, which has recorded more than 500 Omicron cases, many airline staff members are unable to work after being identified as close contacts of positive coronavirus cases, airline officials said.

Source: The Times December 24, 2021 09:53 UTC