Lufthansa Cuts Flights, Summer Holidays at Risk

0:00On April 24, Lufthansa just axed five flights today at Birmingham Airport on Friday, April 24, hitting routes 2 and from Frankfurt and Munich. This is part of a massive cutback, with 20,000 short haul flights getting scrapped this summer to battle skyrocketing jet fuel prices. The airlines shutting down its money-losing city line operation and retiring 27 planes, but the real killer is fuel costs that have more than doubled. It's a global headache, too, with Middle East oil supplies choked off from the Strait of Hormuz blockade and the war in Iran. Folks are feeling the pinch already, as Europe's aviation fuel stocks dwindle. The EU is calling it a very serious crisis, warning that summer holidays could get wrecked by cancellations or sky-high ticket prices. The EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen straight up said, it's very likely your vacation plans are toast if the fuel doesn't flow. The International Energy Agency's sounding alarms, too, predicting major supply shortages

1:01in the next five to six weeks. Airlines, like Lufthansa, are slashing schedules now to cope, so expect more Birmingham disruptions ahead, keep an eye on your bookings, and brace for. It changes this travel season.