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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Airline company Lufthansa cuts 20,000 flights as war squeezes fuel prices and supplies

Germany Energy Economy - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The German company that owns Lufthansa Airlines and other European carriers said Tuesday that it would cut 20,000 short-haul flights through October as the Iran war drives up oil prices and deepens worries that some countries may run low on jet fuel.

The Lufthansa Group said the cancellation of less profitable routes, focused largely on its hub airports in the German cities of Frankfurt and Munich, would save the equivalent of approximately 40,000 metric tons of jet fuel.

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