MORE than 20,000 flights are being cancelled this summer by a major European airline due to the ongoing fuel crisis.
confirmed that the thousands of flights would be scrapped throughout summer, up until October.
Lufthansa is cancelling 20,000 flights until summer Credit: EPA
The airline – one of the biggest in Europe only behind – confirmed that the cancellations were to save on the cost of jet fuel.
The cost of fuel has doubled in recent weeks due to the ongoing closure of the , one of the world’s most important shipping routes.
Most of the cancellations affect short haul routes, including flights with it’s now-closed CityLine airline.
Hubs across Frankfurt and Munich, as well as Brussels, , Zurich and Vienna will be hit.
The routes were cited as being “unprofitable short-haul flights”, with 120 cancellations already confirmed yesterday.
More reductions will be confirmed by next month, affecting the rest of summer.
Lufthansa said by ending some of the routes, it would save more than 40,000 metric tons of jet fuel.
The cancellations come just days after Lufthansa confirmed it would be
Not only that, but the airline has been forced to cancel hundreds of flights in recent weeks due to
And it isn’t just Lufthansa being forced to cancel flights due to the Iran war.
United Airlines confirmed that five per cent ofwhich works out to around 250 flights a month.
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) cancelled around 1,000 flights this month due to the cost of fuel, with KLM also cancelling around .
has cancelled two per cent of passenger flights up to the end of June, while said it would be cancelling more than 1,000 flights up to May.
Some airlines are even axing routes altogether.
Norse Airways has cancelled its London Gatwick to Los Angeles flight route, just a few years after launching.
has dropped its to Jeddah route while Virgin Atlantic has permanently scrapped its London flight to Riyadh .
The cost of holidays has already gone up for families too – a recent study has found that the conflict in Iran has added
This means a family of four could now be paying an extra £300 for their flights.
to tickets with economy passengers paying an extra £50 while business will see an extra £360.
And and , which are part of the same company, are also with round trip, long-haul flights now an extra £87.
Here’s the latest from both and .
Lufthansa has already cancelled flights caused by strike action Credit: EPA
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