Source: United States & Canada – South China Morning PostAir carriers scrapped more than 1,600 US flights for one of the busiest travel weekends of the year, stranding passengers during the Christmas holiday, as surging Covid-19 infections led to crippling air-crew shortages.The global tally of dropped flights exceeded 5,400 trips for Friday through Sunday, according to data tracker FlightAware.com. China Eastern had the most cancellations, and the most-affected airport was in the Chinese city of Xi’an, where the Beijing government cracked down under…Read More