United Airlines chief executive Scott Kirby has become the first boss of a big US carrier to warn the Omicron coronavirus variant is a threat to transatlantic travel.
“My guess is we’ll have less flying to Europe than we would have in January” because of the new variant, Kirby told the Financial Times as fears rise that Omicron could disrupt one of the world’s most important airline routes.
The company has stopped short of cutting flights to Europe or Africa because of the variant, but Kirby fears passenger numbers will drop on some of its key routes after Omicron’s discovery in South Africa and Botswana last week.
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