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More than 2,000 Christmas Eve flights were canceled globally, partly due to the surge of coronavirus cases, including among airline workers.

Friday, December 24, 2021 7:53 AM EST

Delta Air Lines said in a statement that it had canceled about 90 flights for Friday after exhausting "all options and resources," including rerouting and substituting planes and crews to cover scheduled flights.

United Airlines canceled at least 150 flights scheduled to leave dozens of airports on Friday — along with 44 more that were supposed to take off on Saturday.

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