Over 4,300 flights cancalled due to coronavirus 

Commercial airlines around the world cancelled more than 4,300 flights over the Christmas weekend, as COVID-19 infections driven by the omicron variant created greater uncertainty for holiday travellers, Report informs, citing foreign media.

According to a running tally on the flight-tracking website FlightAware.com, airline carriers globally scrapped at least 2,366 flights on Friday, which fell on Christmas Eve and is typically a heavy day for air travel, according to a running tally on the flight-tracking website FlightAware.com. Nearly 9,000 more flights were delayed.
United Airlines and Delta Air Lines were the first U.S. carriers to report a wave of holiday weekend cancellations, which scrubbed nearly 280 flights combined on Friday, citing personnel shortages because of COVID-19 infections.

In Britain, government data showed a record tally of 122,186 new infections nationwide on Friday, marking a third day in which the number of new known cases has surpassed 100,000.

France set another COVID-19 infection record on Friday, with its daily tally exceeding 94,000 while hospitalizations from the virus reached a seven-month high, prompting the government to convene a special meeting for Monday that could trigger new public health restrictions.