13 major airlines suddenly cancel flights - full list
Major airlines have been cutting flights as the cost of jet fuel skyrockets.
Many major airlines are adapting their flight schedules in the wake of the Iran war, which has sent the cost of jet fuel soaring. The benchmark price of European jet fuel has surged from $831 (£614) per tonne at the start of the war to $1,838 (£1,387) at the beginning of April.
It comes as the Strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway through which one-fifth of the world's oil must travel, remains shut due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Fatih Birol, the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said flights could be cancelled across Europe if the vital passageway remains shut.
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He told AP: "In the past there was a group called Dire Straits. It’s a dire strait now, and it is going to have major implications for the global economy. And the longer it goes, the worse it will be for the economic growth and inflation around the world."
He added that "everybody is going to suffer" without the permanent reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
He continued: "Some countries may be richer than the others. Some countries may have more energy than the others, but no country, no country is immune to this crisis."
Airlines that have cancelled flights
Aegean Airlines
Suspended flights to the Middle East.
AirAsiaX
Cut 10% of flights across the group.
Air Canada
Cutting four of its 38 flights a day to JFK International Airport from June 1 to October 25.
Air New Zealand
Cutting flights in May and June and hiking fares.
Asiana Airlines
Cutting 22 flights between April and July.
Cathay Pacific
Cut flights from mid-May until the end of June, and hiked its fuel surcharge by 34% from April 1.
Lufthansa
Cancelling 20,000 flights over the next six months.
Norse Atlantic
Cancelled flights between Gatwick and Los Angeles.
SAS
Cancelled 1,000 flights in April.
Turkish Airlines
Cancelled over 3,000 flights, according to Cirium data, making it the most impacted airline.
United Airlines
Cutting unprofitable flights over the next two quarters.
Vietjet
Changed the number of flights travelling selected routes.
Vietnam Airlines
Cancelled 23 flights a week on domestic routes from April.
