United Airlines stated Wednesday that it made $329 million in the 2nd quarter as summertime tourists jam-packed airplanes, however the results fell far short of Wall Street expectations due mostly to skyrocketing fuel rates.
United stated it will keep flying at present levels rather of growing about 10% in the 2nd half of the year, as it had initially prepared.
CEO Scott Kirby blamed the pullback on understaffing at airports — he called out London’s Heathrow, which hasactually been a scene of regular turmoil this summerseason, and Newark in New Jersey — and the Federal Aviation Administration, which manages air-traffic control.
“We informed Heathrow how lotsof clients we were going to have … they didn’t personnel for it” duetothefactthat they didn’t think United, Kirby informed CNBC. “We are being required to cancel flights duetothefactthat Heathrow can’t accommodate the flights.”
United justrecently revealed that it will cut about 50 flights a day at the Newark airport near New York City, about 12% of its schedule there, after seeing weeks of high cancellations and hold-ups.
Kirby stated tourists might discover less seats offered for the vacations than they had anticipated. He stated it might take till next summerseason priorto the airtravel system is totally staffed and able to manage the number of individuals who desire to travel.
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