(NOQ Report) Thousands of flights were delayed or canceled on multiple airlines across the United States over the holiday weekend, leaving thousands of travelers frustrated and stranded, according to FlightAware.
by Staff Writer, December 27th, 2021
Sunday saw a total of 5,936 delays and 1,387 cancellations of flights within, or out of the United States on Sunday. United, Delta, and JetBlue blamed the flight disruptions on staff shortages due the highly transmissible Omicron variant, US News reported.
United had a particularly bad weekend, cancelling “201 flights on Friday, representing 10 percent of its total schedule, and 238 flights on Saturday, representing 12 percent of its schedule,” according to CNN.
United Airlines said it notified “impacted customers in advance of them coming to the airport,” according to a company statement. “We’re sorry for the disruption and are working hard to rebook as many people as possible and get them on their way for the holidays.”
“This was unexpected,” said United Airline spokesperson Maddie King.
A group of sidelined United Airline employees say the airline should have expected staff shortages when it put hundreds of pilots and flight attendants on unpaid leave. CEO Scott Kirby recently testified before the Senate Commerce Committee that “about 80” pilots were on unpaid leave. But the […]
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