A major airline is cancelling hundreds of flights from its summer schedule. It has been reported that "more than 500" Aer Lingus flights are being cut due to "mandatory maintenance on aircraft".
The Independent obtained internal Aer Lingus documents showing the airline is axing scheduled transatlantic flights on various days. "A limited number" of adjustments have been made to the schedule, it was also reported.
The Irish newspaper also said that flights from Dublin to European airports -including Amsterdam, Athens, Berlin, Faro and Zurich are to be removed from the schedule on selected dates.
Flights to London Heathrow, Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh will also be cancelled, and passengers are being booked onto other services.
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The Daily Express has contacted Aer Lingus for details and comment. Recently, due to the war in the Middle East and the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, several airlines were forced to make changes to their schedule and many flights were cancelled.
Major airlines, includingVirginAtlantic, have confirmed cancellations amid warnings that Europe only has six weeks' supply of jet fuel because of theMiddle East conflict.Virgin confirmedthat it was scrapping flights from London to Riyadh in April, just a year after the route was launched, citing "the latest intelligence, regulatory guidance, demand and operating costs".
The German Lufthansa group said this week that it would ground 27 passenger planes in its regional subsidiary, taking immediate effect, and Dutch airline KLM confirmed it would cancel 160 flights in Europe over the coming month.
Two other major airlines also saidthey have increased their ticket pricesas the war in the Middle East keeps pushing fuel costs up.
Source: Daily Express :: World Feed
