In the US, another 7,587 flights were delayed and 1,291 canceled on Tuesday as airlines continue to crowd amid vacation travel and COVID-19 Complications.
Of these, there were 212 delays at Logan International Airport in Boston with 55 cancellations FlightAware. There were 52 delays and seven cancellations at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut on Tuesday.
So far, 589 flights in the US have been delayed on Wednesday, 749 have been canceled, FlightAware reported. At Logan, 24 were postponed and 40 canceled, and at Bradley, three were postponed and five were canceled.
Widespread delays and cancellations began during the Christmas trips. Complications are attributed to staffing issues as the virus continues to spread. The bad weather on Monday in the west of the country led to problems this week, too CNN.
Delta Airlines apologized for the problems and shared the Associated press on Friday that COVID and bad weather “have exhausted all options and resources – including rerouting and replacing planes and crews to cover scheduled flights”.
“Delta people are working hard to get them to their destination as quickly and safely as possible on the next available flight,” added the airline.
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