New Year's Day flight cancellations: 2,000 and counting
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As airlines continue to struggle with staff shortages and bad weather, nearly 2,500 flights have been canceled on New Year's Day.
COVID-19 cases among airline staff plus poor weather conditions resulted in 2,453 nationwide flight cancellations as of Saturday afternoon, according to Flight Aware.
The news comes after a week of mass flight cancellations, pushing the total number of flight cancellations this week to over 12,000.
The number of flights canceled on Saturday was the largest in a single day this week.
Airlines, which have been canceling hundreds of flights every day since Christmas Eve, canceled the largest number of flights on Saturday. On New Year's Eve, there were 1,625 flights canceled.
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