At least one out of every five flights was canceled at seven Chinese airports, while in Australia on Monday, 40% of flights operated by Virgin Australia and 35% of flights by the low-cost airline Jetstar owned by Qantas, as well as 29% of flights by the Australian airline Qantas were delayed.

Heathrow Airport

Meanwhile, London Heathrow Airport canceled 60 flights on Monday and apologized for the difficult experience faced by travelers. According to a statement by airport authorities: "Although we did our best, service levels were unacceptable at times over the past weeks, which saw long waiting times, delays for passengers with limited mobility, cases where luggage did not travel with passengers or arrived late, and we want to apologize to all travelers affected by this."

The airport authorities, blaming the "huge growth in passenger numbers," indicate the need to reduce further flights in the coming weeks.

The CEO of Heathrow Airport, John Holland-Kaye, said: "We will review schedule changes made by airlines in response to government demands to reduce passenger disruption this summer and will ask them to take further action if necessary."

Flight Delays

On Monday, 30% of flights from London Gatwick Airport were delayed, followed by Split Airport in Croatia (28%), Frankfurt (25%), Nice in France (23%), and Amsterdam Schiphol (18%).

More than a quarter (26%) of Air France flights were delayed, along with 22% of Lufthansa flights and 21% of British Airways flights.

Bankruptcy Filing

Last week, SAS - the national carrier of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden - filed for protection under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, a day after a thousand of its pilots called for a strike.

After a week, repercussions continued, as the airline today cut 75% of its total flight volume, according to the FlightAware platform.

These flights include, in Norway, 20% of departures from Oslo Gardermoen Airport, 16% of departures from Tromsø Airport, and 12% of departures from Stavanger and Trondheim airports.

North America

In contrast, operations at airlines and airports in North America appeared fully active on Monday morning, except for Air Canada, which announced delays of 18% of its flights.