Nearly 1,000 US flights cancelled due to COVID

US airlines scrapped nearly 1,000 flights on Saturday, the second straight day of massive cancellations as surging COVID-19 infections have sidelined some pilots and other crew members, Reuters reports.

A total of 957 Christmas Day flights, including domestic flights and those into or out of the country, were canceled, up from 690 on Christmas Eve, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware.com. Nearly 2,000 flights were delayed.