SAS cancels 1,200 flights in May due to fuel shortages
Scandinavia's SAS airline is cancelling nearly 1,200 flights in May as it braces for soaring jet fuel prices as a result of the closure of the Straits of Hormuz.
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Scandinavian airline SAS to cancel thousands of flights after fuel prices surge
Scandinavian airline SAS is to cancel at least a thousand flights in April after the war in the Middle East sent fuel prices surging..
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