More than 5,000 flights have been canceled worldwide this Christmas weekend

Updated December 26, 2021

Deepa Shivaram

A man looks at the departures board at Salt Lake City International Airport on Friday. Thousands of flights have been canceled over the Christmas weekend in the U.S. alone, with airlines citing bad weather and the pandemic. (AP)

This article was originally published on December 25, 2021.

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