Airlines are responding to high sickout numbers during the pandemic by trimming their schedules.
More than 1,700 flights have been canceled and thousands were grounded this weekend.Alaska Airlines said Thursday it will trim its schedule by about 10% for the rest of January as it deals with “unprecedented” numbers of employees calling in sick during the current COVID-19 surge.
The move by Alaska is similar to a decision last week by JetBlue Airways to cut about 1,300 flights through mid-January. Alaska's announcement came on a day in which more than 2,100 U.S. flights were canceled by early evening on the East Coast, according to FlightAware. The tracking service said that equaled about 8% of the day's scheduled flights, and it was the 12th straight day of 1,000-plus cancellations, whichhad canceled about 4,700 flights.
Southwest continued to be the hardest hit among U.S. airlines, canceling about 650 flights, or 21% of its schedule for Thursday by early evening. A spokesman said the airline was dealing with extreme cold at several airports and a high number of call-outs by employees who were either sick with COVID-19 or were isolating after close contact with someone with the virus.
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