Omicron influence continues to spread JetBlue plans to cancel approximately 1,280 flights-IT and Transportation-Aviation

A JetBlue Airways (JBLU.US) spokesperson said on Thursday that the company will cancel approximately 1,280 flights by January 13 due to a surge in crew members infected with Omicron. Since Christmas Eve, American Airlines has cancelled hundreds of flights every day in response to the shortage of employees due to the new crown infection and severe weather in some areas.

A JetBlue spokesperson said in an emailed statement: “We expect that in the next one or two weeks, the number of new crown cases in the northeast, where most of our crew members are located, will continue to surge. This means that the number of cases will start. Before the decline, there is a high probability that more flights will be cancelled.”

According to relevant data, in the past seven days, the average daily number of confirmed cases in the United States has reached a record high of 258,312. However, earlier this week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated that it has not yet considered compulsory vaccination for passengers on domestic flights, and that the agency updated its isolation guidelines on the 27th to change the isolation time for asymptomatic infections of the new crown virus from the previous one. 10 days was shortened to 5 days.