As travelers across the U.S. have been surprised to find their flights canceled this week amidst the holiday season, cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus and flu hospitalizations are on the rise.
More than 1,000 flights around the country were called off because crews were sick with COVID-19 – and recent storm fronts created additional chaos.
Flight tracker FlightAware showed that U.S. airlines canceled more than 4,000 flights, both domestic and international.
