More than 3,000 flights have been canceled since the start of the Christmas holiday weekend due to staff shortages and an increasing number of coronaviruses around the country.
Fauci thinks vaccine mandates may be needed for domestic air travel.
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There were more flights that were canceled on Monday, according to FlightAware.com.
Over 3000 flights have been canceled in the four days since the start of the Christmas Holiday weekend, usually a peak travel time for many Americans.
There were 2,395 flights that were canceled and 6,342 that were delayed by Monday morning.
Seattle-Tacoma was the most affected airport on Monday, with 70 canceled flights and another 28 delayed, due to a surge of new coronaviruses in the surrounding area and snowy weather conditions.
On Monday, major airlines canceled 87 and 81 flights, while Alaska Airlines canceled 100 flights.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told MSNBC Monday that the U.S. government should consider implementing vaccination requirements for domestic travel.
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Fauci told CNN on Monday that they're going to see a surge for a while. The nation's top disease official has said that omicron is less severe than the Delta variant, but Fauci warns that it could still put a strain on the U.S. healthcare system.
Major airlines' shares plummeted on Monday as markets reopened after the Christmas holiday. Delta, American and United all saw their stocks fall.
The key background is.
At a time when major airlines would normally be ramping up scheduling to deal with higher travel demand, the omicron variant has caused widespread staffing shortages and cancellation. The United States is currently averaging over 200,000 new Covid-19 cases per day, a 50% increase from last week, and airlines were expecting travel to rebound from last year's levels.
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