More than 2,500 flights canceled in the US

Washington-Sana

Flight disruption continues in the United States today due to the weather in several regions of the country and the high number of Corona virus infections, which resulted in the cancellation of more than 2,500 flights.

According to the FlightAware website, 2,584 flights were canceled in the United States in one day, which is more than half of the 4,501 canceled flights worldwide, and 3,271 flights to and from the United States were postponed out of a total of 7,381 flights worldwide.

According to the same website, the most affected American airline is Southwest, which was forced to cancel 13 percent of its flights.

Turbulence prevailed in Chicago's airports in the north of the country in particular, due to the deteriorating weather conditions, as a snow storm is expected to blow in the region soon.

Global air transport is experiencing severe disruption due to the highly contagious Corona virus, the Omicron, as many pilots and members of the flight crew are absent after being infected or in contact with infected people, forcing them to quarantine themselves, and companies are forced to cancel flights due to the lack of a sufficient number of employees.

Airlines around the world canceled about 7,500 flights over the Christmas holidays.