A major hit to the peak December travel season because of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus would cause “significant traumas” in the global aviation business, Reuters quoted Emirates airline President Tim Clark as saying.

“I would say probably by the end of December, we'll have a much clearer position,” Clark said in an interview for the Reuters Next.

“But in that time, December is a very important month for the air travel business,” he added. “If that is lost, or the winter is lost to a lot of carriers, there will be significant traumas in the business, certainly the aviation business and the periphery.”