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Another 1,100 flights cancelled worldwide as airlines face staff shortage due to Covid-19

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Another 1,100 flights were cancelled worldwide on Tuesday with airlines reporting facing staff shortages due to Cvoid-19 infections, according to information provided by flight tracking website FlightAware.</p>
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Around 3,000 flights were cancelled on Monday amid the busiest travel season of the year. </p>
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Several airlines were hit as their staff have been infected with the fast-spreading Omicron variant of Covid-19. </p>
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Around 8,000 flights were also cancelled globally between Christmas Eve and Boxing Day. </p>
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Some 3,000 of the cancelled flights were in or out of the United States, where the highly transmissible variant of COVID-19 is causing a record number of infections, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware.com.</p>

IN Bureau

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