Summer travel to Europe is becoming too hot for 1000’s of tourists.
Delta Air Lines President Glen Hauenstein said travelers are avoiding flights to Europe throughout the traditional peak summer travel season. Instead, they’re rescheduling trips to cooler months, a trend airline executives have noticed lately as consumers seek to flee the crowds and record heat of popular destinations.
“The weather in Europe is really hot in August, and people who have a choice of when to vacation are choosing to stay in, let's call it, more temperate months,” Hauenstein said on an earnings call Thursday. Pursue [travel] We haven’t seen any major changes year-on-year, but there continues to be a shift in travel to Europe, particularly from the height season of July and August to the height season of September and October.”
This 12 months's summer within the Northern Hemisphere was the most well liked on record, in response to the European Union's climate monitor.
Airlines have been expanding robust transatlantic schedules throughout much of the autumn to accommodate changing patterns.
“What we are doing at United is extending the season,” said Patrick Quayle, United Airlinessaid senior vp of world network planning and alliances in an interview earlier this 12 months.
He said the airline has decided to start out some European routes in March and April this 12 months and can fly a few of them until the tip of October and starting of November. “What we're seeing is that more and more travelers are traveling in the off-season, where you get a little more money and I think the weather is a little better,” he added.
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