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  • JetBlue will cut about 1,280 flights from Dec. 30 through Jan. 13.
  • Airlines have canceled thousands of flights since Christmas Eve due to bad weather and a wave of Covid-19 among flight crews.
  • JetBlue said the schedule cuts will help avoid last-minute cancellations.

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JetBlue Airways will cut more than 1,280 flights from Thursday through mid-January in anticipation of more Covid-19 infections among pilots and flight attendants, while cancellations continued to climb around the country.

New York-based JetBlue and other airlines, including United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines, have canceled more than 8,000 flights since Christmas Eve, according to airline data firm FlightAware, as carriers were hit with bad weather and a surge in sick calls from crews.

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