Source: The Points Guy
Summary
Airlines are cutting flights and reducing capacity due to high fuel costs, which have increased by 73% since the start of the Iran conflict. Delta, Air Canada, and other airlines have suspended or ended routes, with some reductions occurring through “thinning” schedules. The fuel price increase has affected lower profitability routes and flights, making them no longer economically feasible.
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Airlines are reducing capacity to cope with high fuel costs, with some routes being suspended or ended entirely. Delta has suspended flights from Detroit to Keflavik, Iceland, and Raleigh-Durham to Las Vegas, while Air Canada has suspended flights from Toronto to John F. Kennedy International Airport. Edelweiss Air has suspended all flights from Zurich to Denver and Seattle-Tacoma. Norse Atlantic has suspended flights from Los Angeles to London Gatwick, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, and Rome Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport. The fuel price increase has made some routes no longer economically feasible, and airlines are adapting to this new reality.
Flight schedules are being carefully planned to minimize fuel costs, but the real question is, who gets to decide what routes are “economically feasible”?
Author: Evan Null
