8 resultsfor “airline changes due to rising fuel costs”
due to surging jet fuel prices.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/2856x2856+677+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9b%2F66%2F20a4d7a94b11b7aab921d6132a81%2Fgettyimages-2270636076.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/16/nx-s1-5785258/jet-fuel-airline-cost-iran-war-oil) ### [Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [Jet fuel prices double, leading airlines to increase baggage fees, raise fares](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/16/nx-s1-5785258/jet-fuel-airline-cost-iran-war-oil) Delta's snack update
due to the [war in Iran](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/29/g-s1-119333/the-iran-war-now-has-a-price-tag-25-billion-but-still-no-end-date), which sent the [price of jet fuel soaring](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/16/nx-s1-5785258/jet-fuel-airline-cost-iran-war-oil). But its problems ran deeper than that. The No. 9 U.S. airline (based [on seats
airlines cancelled flights in March. As a result, shipments of garments destined for Zara owner Inditex and other major clothing retailers were stuck at airports in Bangladesh and India. ### Cost of raw materials The disruptions
changes in their lifestyles and plans: “In the current situation, we must place great emphasis on saving foreign exchange.” ## What’s the ‘current situation’ Modi was talking about? Simply put, Modi was referring
airlines are cutting 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
airlines, found [rising fuel prices](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/06/totally-grounded-how-the-jet-fuel-crisis-could-change-our-summer-holidays-and-world-history) had contributed to businesses raising prices at the fastest pace in more than three years in April. Nearly six in 10 firms surveyed by S&P Global
airlines, featuring widespread cancellations, airspace closures and a looming [jet fuel crisis](/news/2026/4/16/jet-fuel-shortage-why-iran-war-could-ground-flights-in-europe). “35 percent of pharmaceuticals move by air, and about 90 percent of critical or life-saving pharmaceuticals and vaccines
Airlines — with ties to the Department of Transportation, raising more questions. [![Gas prices over $6 a gallon are displayed on the digital screens on gas pumps at a Mobil station in Los Angeles