Flight cancellations can disrupt travel plans, but passengers flying to and from the EU have strong protections under EU Regulation 261/2004 (EC 261).
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The primary cause of flight cancellations for airlines often stems from weather-related factors like hurricanes, thunderstorms, blizzards, and fog.
Although airlines aim to avoid canceling flights due to weather, it’s safer to halt a flight at its point of origin rather than risk dangerous operations or potentially have multiple aircraft in the air that may need to divert to alternate airports.
Air Canada will cut dozens of daily flights this summer as the airline grapples with a series of challenges amid the soaring need for travel. The changes would see Air Canada reduce its schedule by 77 round trips — or 154 flights — on average, each day during July and August.
Air India cancelled its Delhi-Moscow route on Thursday, citing concerns that its flight insurance could not be valid in Russian airspace