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conflict in the Middle East, amid rising oil prices and shortages of petroleum products such as jet fuel
rise amid the war in Iran, airlines around the world are canceling flights and scaling back routes 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
rise amid the war in Iran, airlines around the world are canceling flights and scaling back routes 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
conflict continues. In the meantime the squeeze on supply has pushed up the price of jet fuel sharply - it roughly doubled during March and the first half of April. Airlines do hedge prices, meaning they
rise amid the war in Iran, airlines around the world are canceling flights and scaling back routes 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
rise amid the war in Iran, airlines around the world are canceling flights and scaling back routes 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
conflict in the Middle East and the uncertainty surrounding its duration continue to limit near-term visibility and drive consumer caution.” Tui said it has hedged 83% of its summer jet fuel requirements against
Jet fuel has doubled in price since the start of the US-Israel war with Iran as the conflict has slowed its production and transportation across the Middle East. Several airlines, including KLM-France
rising costs to fuel and disruptions caused by the US-Israel war on Iran, according to Barclays bank. In March, Air New Zealand suspended its full-year earnings outlook and raised fares due to volatility
Middle East. So what impact might that have on our summer holidays - and what could be done about it? The Gulf region produces far more jet fuel than it requires for its own purposes
conflict. Normal flows of fossil fuels from the Gulf have effectively been at a standstill since the war broke out, after the de facto closure of the important shipping channel, the [strait of Hormuz
rising cost of fuel, which typically makes up 20-40% of their operating costs. The benchmark European jet fuel price hit an all-time high of $1,838 (£1,387) per tonne at the start
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 the bulk of off-patent
rise Air France-KLM has cut its capacity growth forecasts for this year as the Iran war drives up its fuel costs by billions of dollars. The French-Dutch airline expects its fuel bill
Middle East was "kind of crazy" and needed to be addressed, he believed summer disruption fears have been overplayed. "I don't think we'll be running out of fuel," he told reporters. "Jet fuel
rise as much as 20c a litre and more service stations face temporary fuel outages, according to Vlado Vivoda, honorary fellow at the University of Queensland’s sustainable minerals institute. “I don’t think there
conflict, affecting some lower profitability routes and flights which now are no longer economically feasible,” Air Canada [said](https://www.aircanada.com/media/cost-of-fuel-and-the-impact-to-air-canadas-schedule/) in a statement on Friday. “Schedule adjustments including some frequency reductions are being made
conflict involving [Iran](https://www.theguardian.com/world/iran), the US and Israel to a “global economic crisis which shows no signs of abating”. Just this week, petrol prices in the US approached a four-year high
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 do so too. I estimate that 22 percent of global air cargo
jetting ahead of the legacy airlines. The headline of a *Planet Money* episode about Spirit in 2014 kind of says it all about this era: "[The Fastest Growing, Least Popular Airline In America.](https://www.npr.org