article_snippet.sent: In the event of strikes or weather disruption, the business model of many other airline carriers is to cancel services; which will protect many other airline carriers on-time performance, but of course have a negative impact on many other airline carriers customers. '
article_snippet.sent: Similarly, delays and cancellations could also be attributed to a number of strikes on the continent.
article_snippet.sent: The four-day Lufthansa strike in March resulted in some 116 cancellations of flights to the UK.
article_snippet.sent: Strikes by Italian Air Traffic Controllers and security staff in Germany also compounded such a problem.