New York Times – Thousands of flights around the world, including more than 1,000 in the U.S., were canceled over one of the biggest weekends for travel in the year as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus sickened crews and disrupted travel plans.
The cancellations came at a time when many flew to spend the Christmas holiday with their families. Roughly two million people passed through screening checkpoints in the U.S. each day last week, and the numbers on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were nearly double the equivalent figures last year.
