Thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed
British Airways has canceled more flights this summer. The airline said that it plans to reduce the number of flights from April until the end of October by 11%.
11% is 1% more than the company originally planned in May.
A British Airways spokesperson told FOX Business that the airline is canceling flights early this year so they can tell customers in advance. The spokesperson also says that the entire aviation industry is still in a very difficult situation and that’s why more flights are canceled. The airline is in contact with customers to apologize and to rebook their flight or give a refund.
British Airways reported that since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the aviation industry has lost millions of workers and billions of dollars. The industry was at 30% capacity, but is now at 80%.
The Telegraph reported that British Airways decided to cancel more than 650 flights from London.
Other major airlines around the world have also canceled flights.
Delta Airlines also said it will cancel flights this summer, but try to minimize disruptions.
United Airlines plans to cut about 50 flights per day from Newark airport, near New York City.
FlightAware shows that there were around 600 delays and 118 flight cancellations connected to US airports.
VOCABULARY
- Flight – a trip on a plane; travel by airplane
- Delayed – late; postponed; suspended; not on time; slowed down
- Airline – a company that flies people in airplanes (Lufthansa, KLM, Delta, Emirates, etc.)
- Reduce – to make less; make smaller; decrease; bring down; shrink
- Originally – at first; in the beginning;
- Spokesperson – a person who speaks professionally for a company
- in advance – early; ahead of time; beforehand; before the deadline
- Entire – all; whole; every; complete;
- Aviation – related to flying airplanes;
- Industry – business field; area of work or business; type of business
- Rebook – to change a booking; to change a reservation; to make a reservation again
- Give a refund – to return money; to give money back to the original person
- Disruption – problem that stops an event or action; disturbance; obstruction; interruption
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