As a result of the rapid spread of a new version of the Coronavirus “Oomikron” tens of thousands of air passengers around the world, they could not go to destination: Companies are forced to cancel flights due to mass care for hospital members.
BBC transmits that from Friday to Sunday, in the period when the inhabitants of the West celebrate Christmas, more than 7 thousand flights are canceled.
The most victims of the United States and China. According to the site FlightAware, only on Sunday more than 2 thousand flights were canceled. The greatest number of canceled departures fall on the Airlines Delta, United and Jetblue. The airlines report that many employees could not go to work, since they had a coronavirus, or they were in close contact with people who received a positive test.
Previously, United Airlines warned that the outbreak of “Oomikron” “straightly hit the crews and people who provide our work.” She added that she warns passengers to go to the airport if their flights were not confirmed.
Chinese China Eastern became the most affected separate airline. During the Sunday she had to cancel more than 390 flights. At the airport of Xi’an in the north of China, more than 100 flights are canceled. In this city with a population of more than 13 million people recently introduced tight quarantine measures: local residents are prescribed not to leave their homes without any need. On Sunday, 150 new Coronavirus cases were recorded in Si’an, which is twice as much as the previous day. After that, the authorities banned residents to open windows and began disinfection.
In London Heathrow Airport during Sunday, at least 60 flights were canceled.
Cancellation of flights not only hit the aviation industry again, but also clearly did not add optimism to people who could not meet Christmas with families last year and hoped that they could do it now.