JAKARTA - European airlines have started canceling a number of flights due to a surge in jet fuel prices that has made some routes unprofitable.
"So far there is no crisis [of jet fuel in the EU], there is no indication that there will be a shortage in the near future, the real problem at the moment is the rise in fuel prices and this is causing quite a few airlines to cancel certain trips that are no longer financially viable, given the rise in fuel prices," said European Transport Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas, Wednesday, May 13.
The statement was made during a presentation of the European initiative package "One journey, one ticket, full rights" aimed at simplifying the booking of rail travel and tourism across Europe, Sputnik said.
Meanwhile, Turkish news agency Anadolu quoted Germany's national airline, the Lufthansa Group, in April as announcing it would cut around 20,000 short-haul flights from its summer schedule to October to rein in soaring fuel costs since the start of the Iran conflict.
The airline group said the reduction would reduce overall capacity by less than one percent in available seat kilometers (ASK) while saving more than 40,000 metric tons of jet fuel.
The cuts mainly affect unprofitable short-haul routes from Frankfurt and Munich, while the group plans to expand existing services to Zurich, Vienna and Brussels as part of a wider optimisation across its six European hubs.
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