Airline reacts to fears over bookings as crisis goes on

Holidaymakers should have “no worries” about flights being axed this summer, despite airlines facing a “triple whammy” as a result of the conflict in the Gulf, industry experts insist.

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Tim Jeans, a former commercial director at Ryanair who was later managing director of Monarch Air, said while there “may be some trimming of schedules” by airlines he did not expect firms to cancel routes altogether.

His comments come in the wake of warnings from the trade body for European airports that there could be a “systemic” shortage of jet fuel ahead of the peak summer season if the Strait of Hormuz does not reopen in the weeks ahead.