At the US airline United Airlines, the Omikron Corona variant is increasingly becoming a problem, because, according to an internal circular, around 3.000 employees are said to be in quarantine due to infections. This has consequences in flight operations.

For a few days now, US airlines have been struggling with, in some cases, acute staff shortages. The reduction in quarantine times recommended by the CDC was only able to provide partial relief. Many flights are still canceled or some are severely delayed.

United boss Scott Kirby assumes that the carrier he leads will have to trim the flight schedule properly in the next few days and weeks. He also writes that the vaccinations meant that not a single employee had to be hospitalized. All vaccinated people had a mild course and would be in home quarantine.

Among other things, the manager writes: “Our compulsory vaccination works and saves lives. While we currently have around 3.000 employees who are COVID positive, none of our vaccinated employees are currently in the hospital ”. United Airlines was one of the first airlines in the world to do so in the summer of 2021 Compulsory vaccination for their employees has announced.

The airline confirmed that around 2.000 employees have been vaccinated for medical or religious reasons. The individual cases have been carefully examined. However, it is of the opinion that the compulsory vaccination is on the right track, because since then there have been hardly any serious cases and no deaths, the company boss said in the circular.