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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Neil Lancefield

Airlines axe 120 UK flights in May amid concern over jet fuel shortages

The number of outbound flights planned for June is 36 lower than a week ago (Steve Parsons/PA) - (PA Archive)

Some 120 flights from the UK this month have been cancelled, new figures show, as jet fuel prices surge and fears of shortages grow.

Aviation analytics company Cirium said airlines have axed 120 of the 22,613 departures initially scheduled from UK airports in May, equivalent to 0.53%.

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