Airline bosses have expressed their apprehensions regarding Omicron’s impact on the sector as it slowly limps back to normalcy following pandemic-related travel restrictions that may be reimposed if the variant turns out to be a vaccine-resistant superspreader. “December is a very important month for the air travel business. 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,” warned Emirates airline President Tim Clark in a statement to Reuters. If disruptions were renewed, it is expected to veer the sector right off the recovery path. Just as global travel was returning back to a routine schedule with flight bookings inching towards pre-pandemic levels and airlines resolving staff shortage issues, the new variant has begun to impact the industry and affect bookings. Multiple countries including the United States, Japan, Britain, and Israel …