World has 3,988 cancelled flights on second day of 2022

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Passengers worldwide have been affected by flight delays and cancellations due to the rise of Omicron variant infections and poor weather conditions.

According to a survey by Flight Aware, a platform that monitors flights worldwide, as of 4:30 PM on Sunday, (January 2), 3,988 flights had been cancelled. Among them, 2,362 left the United States or had the country as destination.

The U.S. has been affected by blizzards at this time of the year. In addition, infection by the new African variant of Covid-19 has placed airlines on alert.

The number of delays on the second day of the year is also high: 10,090 flights failed to depart on time, according to website data.

CHRISTMAS CANCELLATIONS

On Christmas Eve, United and Delta Airlines announced a number of flight cancellations due to the new variant of the coronavirus.

In a statement on Saturday, Delta Airlines said that 368 flights had been cancelled due to the spread of the disease on December 25 alone. A day earlier, the company had cancelled 158 operations.

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