Airlines cut seats and routes this winter as jet fuel prices surge
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Ryanair, easyJet, Wizz Air and Lufthansa announced reductions to their winter schedules as jet fuel prices rose sharply, with Ryanair also closing its Berlin base on 24 October.
Ryanair will remove 700,000 seats in Germany, a 10% inter‑annual drop, and add 3.4 million seats in Madrid, while easyJet cut 1.3–1.4 million seats from its initial winter plan and Wizz Air reduced capacity by 5% for the second half of its fiscal year; Eurocontrol reported the average jet‑fuel price reached $4.63 per gallon in September, up from $2.26 in January‑February.