News / Fewer flight delays for freighters, but 'meltdown' may be approaching

© Oleksii Sergieiev flight delays

© Oleksii Sergieiev

25/06/2018

Frustrated by delayed flights? As the saying goes, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

But, on a brighter note, charters and freighter flights may fare better than bellies.

Flight delays in Europe are up dramatically this year, according to Eurocontrol, the European air traffic control agency. While in the ...

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Katie Bell
June 26, 2018 at 11:46 am
Flight delays are horrible. I feel that with the number of flights rising there will be a shortage of parking spaces at the airports causing more flight delays. Till 2040.

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