Travel nightmare continues: Another 2,800 flights cancelled Tuesday
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Thousands of flights have been cancelled in the U.S. over the past several days as COVID-19 cases surge across the globe.
On Tuesday, another 2,800 flights have been cancelled, with more than 1,000 of them within, into or out of the United States, according to tracking website FlightAware. More than 8,000 flights have been delayed.
Monday presented a similar nightmare for travelers, with more than 2,800 flights cancelled, and 11,000 delays.
Globally, airlines cancelled more than 6,000 flights on Christmas Eve, Christmas and the day after Christmas. In the United States, more than 1,200 flights were cancelled and more than 5,000 were delayed on Sunday alone as staff and crew call out sick.
The cancellations come at the busiest time of year for air travel. The U.S. Transportation Security Administration said it screened millions of people each day over the holiday weekend, peaking at 2.19 million travellers on Thursday, December 23. On Wednesday, more people passed through TSA checkpoints than on the same day in 2019.
