By Pete Muntean, CNN BusinessAirlines have canceled thousands of flights on Christmas Eve, including hundreds of US domestic flights, as staff and crew call out sick during the Omicron surge. Globally, airlines have canceled over 2,000 flights, 454 of which are within, into or out of the United States. Hundreds of US flights canceledOn Thursday, United Airlines said it had to “cancel some flights” because of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The airline has canceled 130 Christmas Eve flights, according to FlightAware. Alaska Airlines said in a statement that it canceled 17 flights because of Omicron Thursday and more cancellations are possible on Christmas Eve.

Source: CNN December 24, 2021 14:48 UTC