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United warned earlier that a spike in Omicron cases had "had a direct impact on our flight crews and the people who run our operation", adding that it was contacting impacted passengers in advance of them coming to the airport business listings.
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Thousands of flights are canceled More than 7,500 flights have now been canceled since Friday and over the Christmas weekend, according to the Flight Aware data tracking website. Chinese and WE airlines appear to be the hardest hit, with further delays and cancellations announced for Monday. Companies say the cancellations are due to airline crews testing positive. Staffs that have not tested positive but have been in contact with those infected are then being forced to self-isolate. Recorded Covid cases are rising sharply around the world, largely driven by the Omicron variant many business listings.