Iinqwelomoya zeenqwelomoya zehlabathi zirhoxise iinqwelomoya ezingama-2,000 zangaphambi kweKrisimesi kwihlabathi liphela, ngaphezulu kwama-500 kuzo ibe ziinqwelomoya zase-US.
Abathwali base-US barhoxise amakhulu eenqwelomoya kulo lonke elase-United States ngoBusuku bangaphambi kweKrisimesi ngenxa yokunqongophala kwabasebenzi be-COVID-19, beshiya amawaka abahambi kwizikhululo zeenqwelomoya kwilizwe lonke, ngelixa benyanzela abanye ukuba barhoxise uhambo lweholide ngokupheleleyo.
Ukuphazamiseka kuza emva kokuba abaphathi beenqwelo moya besithi balindele ezinye zezona ntsuku zixakekileyo ukusukela oko ubhubhani we-coronavirus waqala ngeholide yeKrisimesi kunye noNyaka oMtsha, ngaphandle koqhaqho losulelo lwe-COVID-10, oluqhutywa luxinzelelo olutsha lwe-Omicron.
"I-spike yelizwe lonke kwiimeko ze-Omicron kule veki ibe nefuthe elithe ngqo kubasebenzi bethu beenqwelomoya nakubantu abaqhuba umsebenzi wethu," eseChicago. United Airlines utshilo kwingxelo izolo.
“Ngenxa yoko, ngelishwa kuye kwafuneka sirhoxise ezinye iinqwelomoya kwaye sazisa abathengi abachaphazelekileyo kwangaphambi kokuba beze kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya,” wongeze watsho umthwali.
United Airlines Irhoxisiwe ngaphezulu kwe-170 yeenqwelomoya zasekhaya namhlanje, malunga ne-9% yeshedyuli yayo, ngokweengxelo zemithombo yeendaba.
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines ingxelo yokuba irhoxise iinqwelomoya ezingama-90 zasekhaya.
Ngoku ka Delta, ngaphambi kwesi sigqibo amaqela ayo "aye agqiba zonke iinketho kunye nezixhobo - kubandakanywa ukulungiswa ngokutsha kunye nokutshintshwa kweenqwelomoya kunye nabasebenzi ukugubungela ukubhabha okucwangcisiweyo."
Oku kulandela ikhwelo kwiziphathamandla zase-US ngo Delta I-CEO u-Ed Bastian, ocele ukunqunyulwa kwe-quarantine yabantu abagonywe ngokupheleleyo ukuya kwiintsuku ezintlanu ukusuka kwi-10 yangoku. Njengesizathu sesicelo sakhe, ukhankanye ukunqongophala kwabasebenzi okunxulumene ne-COVID.
Ngaphambili, i-JetBlue yathetha namaziko ase-US oLawulo lweSifo kunye noThintelo kunye nezicelo ezifanayo.
Ngokoqikelelo lwe-American Automobile Association, bangaphezulu kwe-109 lezigidi zabantu - phantse i-34% ngaphezulu kowama-2020 - "baza kuhamba iimayile ezingama-50 nangaphezulu njengoko bebetha endleleni, bekhwela iinqwelomoya okanye bethatha ezinye izinto zokuhamba bephuma edolophini" phakathi kwe-23 kaDisemba noJanuwari. 2. Kwezi zizigidi ezili-109, i-6.4 yezigidi ziza kuhamba ngenqwelomoya.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- According to an American Automobile Association forecast, more than 109 million people – almost 34% more than in 2020 – “will travel 50 miles or more as they hit the road, board airplanes or take other transportation out of town” between December 23 and January 2.
- “The nationwide spike in Omicron cases this week has had a direct impact on our flight crews and the people who run our operation,” Chicago-based United Airlines said in a statement yesterday.
- Ukuphazamiseka kuza emva kokuba abaphathi beenqwelo moya besithi balindele ezinye zezona ntsuku zixakekileyo ukusukela oko ubhubhani we-coronavirus waqala ngeholide yeKrisimesi kunye noNyaka oMtsha, ngaphandle koqhaqho losulelo lwe-COVID-10, oluqhutywa luxinzelelo olutsha lwe-Omicron.
