Lufthansa said he could switch to a train in Germany at no charge, but United Airlines Holdings Inc., which operated the trans-Atlantic part of the trip, instead put him on a flight via Washington and Brussels. He was booked on a June 29 flight from Montreal to Munich via Frankfurt when he got word that the final leg had been canceled. It’s a question Julius von Jagow may ponder. CEO Shai Weiss, whose company has canceled only a handful or flights, warned airlines and airports against pushing families and businesses to ask if they really need to travel. More industrial action is scheduled as the continent enters the peak vacation season.ĭeutsche Lufthansa AG Chief Executive Officer Carsten Spohr cautioned that things probably won’t return to normal until the end of the year, but the risk is the turmoil undermines the recovery by deterring bookings. The malaise is being exacerbated by strikes across the continent as rampant inflation leads to higher pay demands.įrance’s civil aviation authority ordered a reduction in flights out of Paris Charles de Gaulle on Thursday due to a walkout by firefighters. Ryanair Holdings Plc cabin crew in Spain, Portugal and Belgium staged a three-day strike last weekend, later joined by colleagues in France and Italy.
Instead of a roaring comeback, the global aviation industry is stumbling, unable to rapidly fire up operations again from the worst travel slump on record and making what in the past might have been a routine trip more of an odyssey. The breakdown highlights how a faster-than-expected recovery in air travel has clashed with a massive staffing shortage after deep cuts during the pandemic. Prices from Paris to New York have tripled since March 2019. Meanwhile, fares on summer routes such as London to Alicante in Spain this week are more than three times higher than the same week last year, according to data from. While Asia’s travel industry is still navigating Covid-19 and the US suffers from a shortage of pilots, ticket pricing and cancellation data show Europe is where the turmoil has converged to inflict maximum pain on consumers.Įurope had more than double the cancellations of US carriers between April and June, according to data from flight tracking company . Axed flights in June - the start of Europe’s peak summer season - totaled 7,870 for departures from Germany, the UK, France, Italy and Spain, almost triple the number in the same period in 2019, aviation consultancy Cirium says. (Bloomberg) - Travelers in Europe are paying ever more for a plane ticket and yet have less chance of actually making it to their destination.įrom London to Amsterdam to Berlin, chaotic scenes are playing out at airports as the fine-tuned interplay between check-in desks, security personnel and baggage handlers unravels.
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