{"id":116799,"date":"2022-06-12T21:27:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T18:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/airlines-cancel-flights-due-to-lack-of-operating-capacity\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T00:47:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T22:47:02","slug":"airlines-cancel-flights-due-to-lack-of-operating-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/airlines-cancel-flights-due-to-lack-of-operating-capacity\/","title":{"rendered":"Airlines Cancel Flights Due to Lack of Operating Capacity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The aviation industry is no longer able to meet recruitment needs after being forced to lay off thousands of employees in previous periods. The blame game regarding responsibility for the outbreak of the capacity crisis has already begun.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Air is also facing flight cancellations. Flights postponed until October 2022 are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bucharest \u2013 Birmingham (until October 1)<\/li>\n<li>Bucharest \u2013 Munich (until October 1)<\/li>\n<li>Iasi \u2013 Brussels (until October 1)<\/li>\n<li>Bucharest \u2013 Frankfurt (until October 2)<\/li>\n<li>Bucharest \u2013 Liverpool (until October 2)<\/li>\n<li>Iasi \u2013 Dublin (until October 3)<\/li>\n<li>Cluj Napoca \u2013 Paris CDG (until October 3)<\/li>\n<li>Iasi \u2013 Dusseldorf (until October 4)<\/li>\n<li>Bacau \u2013 Madrid (from June 30 &#8211; until October 5)<\/li>\n<li>Cluj Napoca \u2013 Madrid (until October 20)<\/li>\n<li>Bucharest \u2013 Oradea (until October 30)<\/li>\n<li>Bucharest \u2013 Rome FCO (until October 30)<\/li>\n<li>Bucharest \u2013 Timisoara (until October 30)<\/li>\n<li>Bucharest \u2013 Zaragoza (until October 30)<\/li>\n<li>Cluj Napoca \u2013 Amsterdam (until October 30)<\/li>\n<li>Cluj Napoca \u2013 London LTN (until October 30)<\/li>\n<li>Iasi \u2013 Munich (until October 30)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many flights have also been canceled in the UK. British Airways canceled 124 flights from Heathrow Airport.<\/p>\n<p>EasyJet canceled 35 flights and WizzAir 20 in turn.<\/p>\n<p>The main cause is the excessive demand for the current capacity of the airlines.<\/p>\n<p>In Italy, 81 ITA Airways flights were canceled, especially from the Rome-Fiumicino and Milan-Linate bases.<\/p>\n<p>Flights to Paris-CDG, Brussels, Geneva, Luxembourg, Amsterdam, and London from Milan are heavily affected.<\/p>\n<p>On June 8, domestic connections were also affected by the strike in Italy. The solution found was for larger aircraft to operate on several national and international flights, so that as many passengers as possible could be transported.<\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Why are airlines canceling so many flights?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Airlines are facing a severe shortage of staff and operational capacity after laying off thousands of employees during the pandemic, while travel demand has surged rapidly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which Blue Air routes are most affected?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Numerous routes from Bucharest, Iasi, Cluj-Napoca, and Bacau to major European cities have been postponed or canceled until October 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What measures are being taken to mitigate the crisis?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some airlines, like ITA Airways, are using larger aircraft on specific routes to accommodate more passengers despite having fewer scheduled flights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aviation industry is no longer able to meet recruitment needs after being forced to lay off thousands of employees in previous periods. The blame game regarding responsibility for the outbreak of the capacity crisis has already begun. Blue Air is also facing flight cancellations. Flights postponed until October 2022 are: Bucharest \u2013 Birmingham (until&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":69175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2856],"tags":[152,918],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-116799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conectivity","tag-blue-air","tag-companie-aeriana"],"article_style_override":"on","post-style":"style2","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/transport-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116799"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=116799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}