Airlines commonly manage disruptions caused by factors such as severe weather, staffing shortages, and technological outages, and may prioritize maintaining international services while reducing regional or domestic flights during capacity constraints, which can disproportionately affect smaller airports.
November 07, 2025
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general
Operational decisions during disruptions often preserve long-haul and international routes and scale back short-haul or regional services.
Airlines may prioritize maintaining long-haul flights while reducing regional flights when they cut schedule capacity.
November 06, 2025
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temporal
Operational strategy carriers use when facing constrained capacity.