The aviation industry is striving to avoid the chaos of last year this summer. Then tens of thousands of flights in Europe had to be canceled and airports could not handle the influx of passengers. Aviation expects a top summer, because the corona restrictions have almost completely disappeared and travelers are booking tickets again as if it were 2019.
“I am reasonably confident that we will get through this peak summer without too much disruption,” Willie Walsh, director general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), told the news agency on Sunday. Reuters, at the annual gathering of industry leaders. “Airlines have done their duty to be prepared and most airports will be fine too, I think. I think they have learned their lessons from last year.’
Both in Europe and US
But in the same breath, Walsh warned that air traffic controller strikes could cause flights to be delayed in both Europe and the US. Especially in France, the strikes of air traffic controllers have already caused a lot of nuisance. Not only for domestic flights, but also for planes flying over the country. Michael O’Leary, the CEO of Ryanair, came to Brussels this week to ask the European Commission to protect overflying air traffic if a country’s air traffic controllers go on strike. He reinforced that demand with a petition with 1.1 million signatures.
2023-06-04 14:40:50
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