Key facts
- Airlines are planning to reduce their winter flight schedules.
- Tens of thousands of flights may be canceled if jet fuel prices remain high.
- Grounded planes are a potential outcome of high jet fuel costs.
Airlines are making preparations to scale back their winter flight schedules. This move comes with the possibility of tens of thousands of flights being canceled if the price of jet fuel continues to stay at elevated levels. Such a scenario could also result in aircraft being grounded.