Extreme heat can cause various impacts for planes, including a decrease to the airplane's thrust, and as a result may prompt airlines to decrease weight including limiting cargo.
continue to stifle many air travel lers, it could also create an impact for those hoping to travel for a vacation away from home with airline industry experts saying such heat may lead to delays or even cancellations.
“Heat and altitude are enemies of commercial airliners,” Henry Harteveldt, an airline industry analyst at Atmosphere Research Group, told Global News. For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. “It can either be less fuel, less cargo, less passengers, less bag … And that’ll mean that you’ll have to stop somewhere along the way to pick up the fuel to get to your destination.”Gradek said airlines will often work with dispatchers to work through a flight plan and determine everything from temperature to surface runway and wind conditions before filing such a plan.
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