Air travel in the US remains difficult: another 2,000 flights canceled

The days of air chaos in U.S continue on Sunday, when many were returning home from their vacations, with more than 2,000 flights canceled due to bad weather or staffing problems on airlines caused by an increase in cases of covid-19.

At 4:30 p.m. GMT, 2,201 had been canceled flights national or international taking off from or to U.S, a figure close to 2,749 canceled over the course of Saturday, the tracking service said flights FlightAware.

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That midday figure represented more than half of the 3,743 flights canceled Worldwide. Others almost 2,400 flights Americans were delayed.

Bad weather wreaked havoc on air traffic this weekend, and many regions of the country were hit by heavy snowfall, powerful winds or even flooding.

Travelers line up at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago. (Photo: AP / Nam Y. Huh) (Nam Y. Huh /)

Chicago airports, a major transit hub, were hit the hardest Saturday by a snowstorm.

On Sunday, others Major airports that suffered problems were Atlanta, Denver, Detroit, Houston and Newark in New Jersey.

Around the world, air traffic has suffered problems since Christmas due to airline personnel issues related to the spread of the highly contagious variant of the omicron coronavirus.

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