Weather + COVID = 2500 Canceled Flights So Far Today

The Associated Press reports:

By late morning Saturday on the East Coast, more than 2,500 U.S. flights and nearly 4,200 worldwide had been canceled, according to tracking service FlightAware.That is the highest single-day toll yet since just before Christmas, when airlines began blaming staffing shortages on increasing COVID-19 infections among crews.

Saturday’s disruptions weren’t just due to the virus, however. Wintry weather made Chicago the worst place in the country for travelers, with 800 flights scrubbed at O’Hare Airport and more than 250 at Midway Airport. Forecasts called for nine inches of snow. Denver, Detroit and Newark, New Jersey, were hit with at least 100 cancellations each.

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The new year is bringing more of the same old misery that air travelers in the U.S. have been enduring for more than a week. Airlines are blaming wintry weather and high numbers of sickouts due to the rising number of COVID-19 infections. https://t.co/oE5tA9YE26

— The Associated Press (@AP) January 1, 2022