L’Europe “has become the epicenter of chaos” air travel this summer, notes Bloomberg. “From London to Amsterdam to Berlin, scenes of disorder are on the rise at airports as the well-oiled game between check-in counters, security staff and baggage handlers unravels,” explains the American news site.
In Asia, the airline industry is still under restrictions due to Covid-19. In the United States, the “shortage of pilots” poses some concerns for airlines. But it is in Europe where “turbulence converges” which severely penalize travelers.
Between April and June, there were twice as many flight cancellations by European companies as by American carriers. In June, the start of the summer season, 7,870 flights from Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Spain were canceled, almost three times more than at the same time. period in 2019, account Bloomberg.
At the same time, prices have soared: a London – Alicante journey thus costs “three times more than the same week last year”, while the price of a Paris – New York has “tripled since March 2019”.
Strikes add to the mess
The causes of this summer chaos are multiple: the “faster than expected resumption of air transport s