Summer travel plans have been plunged into chaos after airlines cut more than two million seats from May schedules in the past two weeks amid growing fears of a fuel shortage.
Airlines have reduced flight schedules in recent weeks in anticipation that the US- Iran conflict will continue and the fuel crisis will deepen.
The total number of seats available on flights across all carriers in May dropped from 132million in mid April to 130million in late April, according to analytics company Cirium.
UK airlines say they are not yet facing jet fuel shortages but the Government has already introduced emergency measures that allow
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