The Jet-Fuel Surge Is Making Global Flight Connections Disappear

Airline passengers should brace for more aggravation in the next few months as carriers around the world deepen cancellations and ground planes to cope with stratospheric increases in jet-fuel prices.

Dutch flag carrier KLM is the latest company to cut its schedule, saying Thursday it will scrap 80 return flights at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport in the coming month. That puts it in the same league as United Airlines Holdings Inc., Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. which have all pruned itineraries to contain the damage.