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A trip to Europe? In this economy? Expensive flights keep vacations closer to home

Europe? In this economy? Expensive flights keep vacations closer to home ![Standing inside an airport

Lufthansa cuts 20,000 summer flights as fuel prices surge

expenses to customers. Analysts have warned that travellers should expect further ticket price rises and more cancelled flights as the conflict continues. The Gulf is a major source of aviation fuel, accounting for about

The threat to summer holidays looming from jet fuel shortages

expensive. A flight from London to Melbourne in June now costs 76% more than it did last year, for example, according to research from the consultancy Teneo. The US carrier United Airlines has been particularly

Lufthansa cuts 20,000 flights as Iran war causes jet fuel shortage

expenses, and they rely heavily on imports from the Middle East. [Around 75 per cent](/news/2026/4/16/jet-fuel-shortage-why-iran-war-could-ground-flights-in-europe#:~:text=Europe's%20aviation%20faces%20fuel%20shortages,the%20summer%20travel%20season%20approaches.) of Europe’s jet fuel imports come

Your next flight could be more expensive as jet fuel costs soar

flight doesn't have to be so expensive. Here's why**](https://www.npr.org/2026/03/25/nx-s1-5759714/your-next-flight-doesnt-have-to-be-so-expensive-heres-why) Jet fuel prices have roughly doubled since the start of the war in Iran, a price increase even sharper than

Almost half of EU’s busiest flight routes are ‘hard or impossible’ to book on trains – report

flight paths such as Lisbon-Madrid or Barcelona-Milan could not be booked from any rail operator’s website, the report found, while connections such as Paris-Rome and Amsterdam-Milan could only be booked

First Thing: Vance to lead US delegation in Pakistan if Iran agrees to talks

expense of workers’ rights and pay](https://www.theguardian.co.uk/us-news/2026/apr/21/healthcare-nurses-gig-work-ai-apps). ## **Stat of the day: Almost half of EU’s busiest flight routes are ‘hard or impossible’ to book on trains** ![A Frecciarossa train in Milan

Spurs lifeline or good step for West Ham - who's favourite for drop?

flight looks set to go down to the wire. "[Leeds](/sport/football/teams/leeds-united) are safe on 39 points, I think that's enough," former [West Ham](/sport/football/teams/west-ham-united) striker Dean Ashton told Sky Sports. "It is such

Do you have to be a millionaire to become an F1 driver?

Flights and hotels are more expensive. And the cost of labour has gone up, because the junior categories are competing for personnel with the likes of Formula E and the World Endurance Championship

Heathrow in talks with airlines to end row that could delay third runway

Europe’s most expensive airport, and in March the UK aviation regulator [rejected its plans to significantly raise its landing fees](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/mar/31/uk-aviation-regulator-caa-rejects-heathrow-plans-raise-landing-fees) to fund a multibillion-pound upgrade. “All airlines and their stakeholders

The Iran war sent jet fuel prices sky-high. Here's what air travelers should know

expenses. "Consumers are very price sensitive. So airlines can't just pass that entire …increase in fuel costs through increased ticket prices," he tells NPR. "Instead, they've started looking for other ways that they

First Thing: Trump announces extension of Iran ceasefire until ‘discussion concluded’

flight in Kabul. Photograph: AP The Trump [administration is in talks to potentially send](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/21/afghan-refugees-us-congo) up to 1,100 Afghans who assisted US forces during the Afghanistan war to the Democratic Republic

From syringes to stents: Iran war exposes NHS dependency on petrochemicals

flights amid [worries about accessing jet fuel](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/24/uk-eases-airline-penalties-jet-fuel-shortages-flights). In normal times, Dubai and Doha are key hubs for medicine air freight moving to Europe from India, known as the world’s pharmacy, where

Epstein housed abuse victims in London flats, BBC reveals

Europe and elsewhere - were brought to the UK after the Metropolitan Police decided not to investigate Virginia Giuffre's 2015 allegation that she had been a victim of international trafficking to London. The Met said