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        "id": 1663334,
        "msgid": "jet-fuel-crisis-looms-as-global-airlines-begin-reducing-flights-1775627527",
        "date": "2026-04-08 11:41:00",
        "title": "Jet Fuel Crisis Looms as Global Airlines Begin Reducing Flights",
        "author": "Erlangga Djumena",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Energy",
        "summary": "Escalating concerns over jet fuel (avtur) supplies amid the prolonged conflict with Iran are prompting major airlines to cut flights, with prices nearly doubling in the US since the US and Israeli strikes on 28 February 2026. The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has disrupted crude oil and refined product supplies, exacerbating price surges and potential shortages, particularly affecting international routes to Asia and regions like the US West Coast. Executives from Lufthansa and United Airlines have outlined contingency plans, including operational halts and sustained high oil prices above $100 per barrel into 2027, highlighting the vulnerability of the global aviation industry to geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.",
        "content": "<p>NEW YORK - Concerns over the supply of aviation fuel (avtur) are\nintensifying as the conflict with Iran drags on, prompting airlines to\nbegin cutting flights.<\/p>\n<p>The surge in avtur prices is not the only issue facing the aviation\nindustry.<\/p>\n<p>Now, worries are emerging about whether fuel supplies will be\nsufficient.<\/p>\n<p>Citing CNBC on Wednesday (8 April 2026), since the US and Israeli\nstrikes on Iran on 28 February, avtur prices in the US have nearly\ndoubled, from $2.50 per gallon to $4.88 per gallon on 2 April 2026, with\neven sharper increases in other regions.<\/p>\n<p>The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has hindered supplies\nof crude oil and refined products like avtur, further driving up\nprices.<\/p>\n<p>Deutsche Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr stated that the company is\npreparing contingency plans related to the war in the Middle East,\nincluding the possibility of reduced demand or avtur shortages.<\/p>\n<p>Those plans even include options to suspend operations of some\naircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Although the US produces much avtur and is relatively less affected\nthan Europe and parts of Asia, refuelling is still done locally.<\/p>\n<p>This means US airlines could still face supply shortages during\ninternational flights.<\/p>\n<p>United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said his airline is likely to reduce\nflights to Asia.<\/p>\n<p>He also did not rule out that other airlines would do the same in\nthat region.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, avtur price increases could be more pronounced in\nUS regions not optimally connected to pipeline networks, such as the\nWest Coast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no sufficient refining capacity, so fuel prices are more\nvulnerable to supply disruptions, especially on the West Coast,\u201d Kirby\nsaid, citing CNBC on Wednesday (8 April 2026).<\/p>\n<p>Kirby also conveyed that United is preparing for the possibility of\noil prices remaining above $100 per barrel until 2027.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/jet-fuel-crisis-looms-as-global-airlines-begin-reducing-flights-1775627527",
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