Lufthansa Cancels Unprofitable European Summer Routes to Save Jet Fuel

Lufthansa Group will remove a total of 20,000 short-haul flights from its European summer schedule, Europe’s biggest airline said as the airline industry faces jet fuel shortages and soaring prices. The cancellation of the 20,000 uneconomical short-haul flights through October would save the group about 40,000 metric tons of jet fuel, the price of which has doubled since the outbreak of the Iran conflict, Lufthansa said. “For the flights scheduled in the summer timetable, the Group expects a largely stable fuel supply,” the airline…