US EditionAirlines cancel flights, ground planes as jet fuel shock hits Europe
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The Dutch company KLM will withdraw about 80 round-trip flights from its European programme to and from Amsterdam-Schiphol airport in the coming month, i.e. "less than 1%" of its flights in Europe over the period. A subsidiary of the Air France-KLM group, it justifies this decision by increasing the price of kerosene which sharply increased its unit costs on the short and medium-haul.
Lufthansa withdraws 27 aircraft from its active fleet, while KLM will cut 80 return flights from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport
KLM cancels dozens of flights amid rising kerosene costs
Dutch flag carrier KLM announced on Thursday that it will cancel 80 flights to and from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in May due to rising kerosene costs, reported Xinhua. The airline said the affected routes are within Europe and are no longer financially viable under current conditions. The cancellations account for less than 1 percent of its European flight schedule during that period. Passengers affected by the changes will be rebooked on the n…
Buenos Aires, 16 April (Xinhua) -- The Netherlands national airline KLM announced today that it will cancel 80 flights to and from Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport in May, due to rising fuel costs. The company said that the affected routes are within Europe and that, under current conditions, they are no longer financially viable. The number of cancellations represents less than one percent of its European flight program during that peri…
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