2,201 US Flights Cancelled Over Bad Weather, Staff Shortage Due To Covid
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Bad weather disrupted air traffic this weekend in US, with many regions of the country hit by heavy snowfall, strong winds, or even flooding.
Days of chaos in air travel in the US did not ease up Sunday as people returned home from holiday trips, with more than 2,000 flights cancelled due to bad weather or airline staffing problems sparked by a surge in Covid cases.
As of 1630 GMT, 2,201 domestic flights or international ones starting or finishing in the US had been cancelled -- almost as many as the 2,749 scrapped over the course of Saturday, said the flight-tracking service FlightAware.
That midday figure represented more than half of the 3,743 flights cancelled around the world. Another nearly 2,400 US flights were delayed.
Bad weather disrupted air traffic this weekend, with many regions of the country hit by heavy snowfall, strong winds, or even flooding.
