Chinese and US airlines are hardest hit amid a surge in Covid cases in many countries.
More than 450 flights to or from US airports have been cancelled on Sunday, according to FlightAware.United warned earlier that a spike in Omicron cases had "had a direct impact on our flight crews and the people who run our operation", adding that it was contacting impacted passengers in advance of them coming to the airport.However, the most affected single airline appears to be China Eastern with more than 350 scrapped flights on Sunday.
The airport in the northern Chinese city of Xi'an has reported nearly 100 flight cancellations - the highest number so far.Heathrow airport in London has seen 56 flights cancelled on Sunday so far.Nearly 5.4 million people have died with coronavirus worldwide, according to America's Johns Hopkins University. There have been more than 279 million confirmed cases.
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