Lufthansa cancels 33,000 flights due to low demand
24 December 2021 |
4:13 pm
German airline Lufthansa is slashing its winter schedule as a result of reduced demand amid the omicron variant. Spohr said the airline was running just 60% of flights compared to the pre-pandemic year 2019, with "roughly half" the number of passengers.
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