Global airlines have incurred huge losses and are facing a new crisis, after the Corona pandemic affected them severely during the past months.

According to Arabiya Net, the new crisis that began since the beginning of this year has already begun to have an impact during the current period, as the lack of employees in airlines threatens new losses for the sector. That cut thousands of jobs last year.

American Airlines has had to cancel nearly 1,000 flights since Friday due to staff shortages due to the disruptions related to bad weather.

According to FlightAware, which tracks delays and cancellations in US airspace, American Airlines canceled more than 800 flights on Friday and Saturday and expects to cancel more than 400 on Sunday. , according to AFP.

The difficulties began Thursday with strong winds that hampered the capacity of the company's center in Dallas and the movement of employees, David Seymour, general manager of American Airlines, said in a note to employees Saturday. Difficulty finding pilots and flight crews.

And most of the affected travelers were able to get another reservation, according to the company that operates 6,700 daily flights around the world to 350 destinations and 50 countries.

American Airlines is not the first airline to suffer a shortage of staff since the demand for travel increased due to the Covid vaccination campaigns and the lifting of anti-virus measures.

In the past week, Southwest had to cancel more than 2,000 flights, costing it $75 million.