By Chris Isidore, CNN BusinessA surge in Covid cases and severe winter storms created a miserable holiday travel season for hundreds of thousands of stranded airline passengers. But airlines’ staffing cuts were also to blame for the 20,000 US flight that have been canceled over the last two weeks. But these widespread challenges have become far more frequent, with airline employees complaining that they’ve been stretched to the breaking point by difficult work conditions. That reduced the number of airline employees by thousands. The snowstorms are minor issues by comparison,” said Brian Kelly, founder and CEO of The Points Guy, an airline travel site.

Source: CNN January 06, 2022 00:42 UTC