Following the ongoing climatic changes, the North Atlantic flights could get bumpier in the future if climate continues to change, scientists have said.
Due to the changing climate, the flights are already facing turbulence, which is likely to increase in future, a research led by Reading University in the UK has revealed.
According to the BBC, the study that has been published in Nature Climate Change, says that passengers will bounce around more frequently and strongly by the mid-century.
In addition to that, the zone in the North Atlantic affected by turbulence may also increase.
Reading's Dr Paul Williams said that it was sure that if flights get diverted to fly around turbulence instead of going through it, then the amount of fuel burnt will increase.
He said that fuel costs money that is paid by the airlines but the tickets prices will rise which will ultimately be suffered by passengers.
Dr Williams was presenting his research in Vienna at the European Union Geosciences (EGU) General Assembly.
The scientists focused their investigation on the North Atlantic corridor, where approx. 600 flights cross each day to go between the Americas and Europe.
Currently, pilots rely a lot on reports from planes that have already made the journey across the Atlantic earlier in the day for information about probable flight conditions, the report added.
-With inputs from ANI
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