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'Odds of flights cancellations in June and July are increasing every day', expert says

France24 · · 240 words · By Video by Sharon GAFFNEY
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“John Gradek, faculty lecturer in Aviation Management and Supply Chain Management at McGill University”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general information about 'John the Apostle', the name 'John', and biblical verses. There is no mention of a John Gradek or his affiliation with McGill University.
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web search NEUTRAL — Church tradition has held that John is the author of the Gospel of John and four other books of the New Testament – the three Epistles of John and the Book of Revelation.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Apostle
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web search NEUTRAL — John, a name of Hebrew origin, is very popular in the Western World, and has given many variants depending on the language: Shaun, Eoin, Ian, Juan, Ivan, and Yahya.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_(given_name)
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He himself was not the light; he came only as a w…
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John+1&version=…
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“the shortage of aviation fuel will affect "short haul flights within Europe first"”
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Multiple independent sources (Indoneo, The Guardian, and another web result) confirm a systemic jet fuel shortage in Europe, with the IEA stating there are only about six weeks of supply left, which threatens flight operations.
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web search NEUTRAL — Europe faces systemic fuel shortage within weeks. The International Energy Agency’s executive director stated Europe has “maybe six weeks or so” of jet fuel left, marking the most severe aviation fuel…
https://www.indoneo.com/2026/04/16/europe-jet-fuel-crisis-fl…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jet Fuel Shortages Could Make Travel a ‘Total Mess’ This Summer. Facing sky-high fuel costs linked to the war in Iran, airlines are cutting routes and raising prices. European vacations are looking a …
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/travel/flight-cancellatio…
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web search NEUTRAL — Birol said Europe had “maybe six weeks or so [of] jet fuel left”, AP reported. His comments add to those of Airports Council International Europe, a lobby group that last week wrote to the EU’s energy…
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/16/europe-supp…
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“'Odds of flights cancellations in June and July are increasing every day'”
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The provided evidence consists of general definitions of 'probability' from Wikipedia, Math is Fun, and Khan Academy. There is no specific evidence or reporting regarding flight cancellation probabilities for June and July.
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web search NEUTRAL — Probability concerns events and numerical descriptions of how likely they are to occur. The probability of an event is a number between 0 and 1; the larger the probability, the more likely an event is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability
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web search NEUTRAL — How likely something is to happen. Many events can't be predicted with total certainty. The best we can say is how likely they are to happen,...
https://www.mathsisfun.com/data/probability.html
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web search NEUTRAL — Probability tells us how often some event will happen after many repeated trials. You've experienced probability when you've flipped a coin, rolled some dice, or looked at a weather forecast. Go deepe…
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/statistics-probability/prob…
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