ʻino ʻino a me ka piʻi nui ʻana o ka nui o nā mea hou ʻO Omicron-ʻO nā hihia COVID-19 i hoʻoulu ʻia i nā kaukani o ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā mokulele a lohi i ka honua ma ka lā hope o 2021.
Ma luna o 2,600 mau mokulele i kāpae ʻia i ka honua holoʻokoʻa me ka 1,200 i loko o ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, a i ʻole ke komo ʻana a haʻalele paha i ka ʻāina, e like me ka ʻikepili hou loa. ʻO ka nui, ʻoi aku ma mua o 4,700 mau mokulele i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka lā hope o ka makahiki.
Ua hoʻohui ʻia ka hoʻopau ʻana a me ka hoʻopaneʻe ʻana o ka mokulele ʻo Dekemaba 31 i nā pilikia huakaʻi i ka pule hoʻomaha, ʻo ia ka manawa kiʻekiʻe no ka huakaʻi ea.
ʻO ka hoʻolaha wikiwiki ʻana o ka mea hiki ke hoʻouna ʻia ʻO Omicron ʻO ka maʻi o ka maʻi COVID-19 ua alakaʻi i ka piʻi nui o nā maʻi coronavirus, e koi ana i nā mokulele honua e hoʻopau i nā kaukani o nā mokulele no ka mea e hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā pailaka a me nā hui.
Eia kekahi, nā keʻena kaʻahele a puni ka ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa Ke hooki nei a hōʻemi paha i nā lawelawe, ʻoiai ʻo ka hapa nui o nā hui kaʻa mokulele, nā pailaka a me nā limahana kākoʻo, ʻaʻole makemake e hana me nā poʻe kaʻa ʻole a makemake ʻole e hana i ka wā hoʻomaha i ka wā huakaʻi hoʻomaha no ka makaʻu i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka COVID-19 a ʻoiai ke hāʻawi ʻia o nā mea hoʻoikaika kālā.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- ʻO ka hoʻolaha wikiwiki ʻana o ka maʻi Omicron hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia o ka maʻi COVID-19 ua alakaʻi i ka piʻi nui ʻana o nā maʻi coronavirus, e koi ana i nā mokulele honua e kāpae i nā kaukani o nā mokulele no ka mea e hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā pailaka a me nā hui.
- Moreover, transportation agencies throughout the United States are stopping or reducing services, since most airline cabin crew, pilots and support staff, unwilling to deal with unruly passengers and are reluctant to work overtime during the holiday travel season for fear of contracting COVID-19 and despite the offers of hefty financial incentives.
- Bad weather and rampant surge in the number of new Omicron-fueled COVID-19 cases triggered thousands of flight cancellations and delays globally on the 2021’s final day.
