Holiday Travelers Face Long Delays as Omicron Grounds U.S. Flights

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People wait in long check-in lines at the ticketing level after dozens of flights were listed as cancelled or delayed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) in Seattle, Washington, U.S. December 27, 2021. Skyrocketing COVID-19 cases hobbled U.S. airline staff on Monday (December 27), causing hundreds of flight cancellations, and prompted the country's top infectious disease expert to suggest the government consider a vaccine mandate for domestic air travel. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

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People queue in long ticketing and baggage lines after dozens of flights were listed as cancelled or delayed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) in Seattle, Washington, U.S. December 27, 2021. Monday's travel woes capped a glum Christmas weekend for thousands of stranded passengers waiting in airport queues and on customer service phone lines to re-book flights, often days after originally planned. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

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Lisa Cena of Bend, Oregon, watches videos with children Simone, 10, and Vida, 13, as they wait to check in for their flight after missing their original flight from Seattle to Hawaii the previous night due to delays at the Bend Municipal Airport, as dozens of flights were listed as cancelled or delayed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) in Seattle, Washington, U.S. December 27, 2021. A total 1,148 flights into, within or out of the United States were cancelled by Monday afternoon, according to the flight tracking website flightaware.com. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

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People queue in long ticketing and baggage lines after dozens of flights were listed as cancelled or delayed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) in Seattle, Washington, U.S. December 27, 2021. Snowy weather in the Pacific Northwest was part of the reason for more than 90 cancelled flight arrivals at Seattle-Tacoma Airport. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

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A family waits in a check-in line for Alaska Airlines after dozens of flights were listed as cancelled or delayed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) in Seattle, Washington, U.S. December 27, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

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People wait in long check-in lines after dozens of flights were listed as cancelled or delayed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) in Seattle, Washington, U.S. December 27, 2021. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson

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