Holidays oblige, summer is the time of year when we take the plane the most. But who says travel also says complications and, with flights, we can be served, in particular in terms of delays in a chain. Enough to ruin sometimes a very precious day of vacation.
What if we told you there was a way to prevent, even just a little bit, these untimely delays? Business Insider Media gives us the keys to a successful summer plane trip, after interviewing a meteorologist. The secret: never book a flight in the late afternoon, or at night, in summer.
Why? Simply because it is the time slot most subject to bad weather, especially thunderstorms. In summer, these can be so intense that they cause delays on all flights.
Anatomy of a Delay
The media ScienceAlert supports the statementgoing so far as to give the recipe for bad weather. Take humidity, unstable air and a current that moves the latter, and you get a storm worthy of the name. Ingredients that are certainly found in summer, when the heat makes the thermometer rise. To avoid turbulence or the risk of accidents, airlines often do not take risks, and prefer to wait for the sky to calm down, at the departure airport but also at the arrival airport, creating an avalanche of delays.
If you haven’t booked your tickets for this summer yet, the best thing to do is to take a plane in the morning. If possible, the very first one of the day. This ensures that you won’t be disrupted by delays that accumulate over the hours.
When it comes to the cheapest prices, it goes without saying that the best time to travel is in the off-season. The months surrounding the summer holidays, namely June and September, are traditionally among the cheapest of the year. Midweek departures, from Tuesday to Thursday, are also cheaper than those during the weekend.
Source: www.slate.fr
