Airlines are drawing up contingency plans to deal with potential jet fuel shortages, which they fear could take hold within weeks as war in the Middle East threatens supplies and drives up prices.
Aviation executives said they were struggling to get assurances about the availability of fuel beyond the next month.
“We’re putting in plans today to draw up scenarios on how we would deal with the shortage of fuel,” said Ben Smith, chief executive of Air France-KLM. This includes cutting services to parts of Asia in case refuelling for the return journey to Europe becomes more difficult.
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