Wintry weather combined with the pandemic to frustrate air travelers whose return flights home from the holidays were canceled or delayed in the first days of the new year.

At least that was the case for a Christmas Day flight heading from Newark, New Jersey, to Kansas City, Missouri. United Express pilot Joseph Tar Schmidt broke out his violin to serenade passengers with a classic Christmas carol. “Bringing holiday cheer one carol at a time!”It was truly an honor to play for our lovely customers this Christmas. Bringing holiday cheer one carol at a time! “My flight attendants and my first officer were so happy to have someone spreading cheer!” Schmidt said.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - A flight attendant on a Chicago-to-South Bend flight has been charged with public intoxication. Julianne March, 49, of Waukesha, Wisconsin, faces an Aug. 29 initial hearing after being charged Thursday. The South Bend Tribune reports that when the plane landed in South Bend, officers removed March. Court documents say she had a blood-alcohol content of 0.20%.