Airline Cancels 20,000 Flights Because of Trump’s War

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A major airline group is canceling more than 20,000 flights due to the energy crisis caused by President Donald Trump’s war with Iran.

Lufthansa Group, which has over 300 subsidiaries, including the major German carrier Lufthansa, said the cuts would be made over the next six months to ease the squeeze on it from the fuel shortage and surging prices.

Between May and October, the group expects to save 40,000 metric tons of jet fuel, and has already announced which flights are on the chopping block.

It comes as Iran has forced the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow shipping passage off its west coast through which around one-fifth of all of the world’s oil supply flows during peacetime.

The closure has caused gas prices to soar, including to more than $4 a gallon at the pump in the U.S., spiking global markets and transferring the pressure of Trump’s war back onto him.

Europe, made up largely of countries that are close U.S. allies, is expected to be hardest hit by the strait’s closure, as it gets over 40 percent of its jet fuel supply via it, The New York Times reports, citing Macquarie Group.

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