{"id":93272,"date":"2026-04-23T20:52:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/european-airlines-cut-thousands-of-flights-as-fuel-costs-rise-npr\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:53:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T20:53:36","slug":"european-airlines-cut-thousands-of-flights-as-fuel-costs-rise-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/european-airlines-cut-thousands-of-flights-as-fuel-costs-rise-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"European airlines cut thousands of flights as fuel costs rise: NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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rising costs<\/a> European airlines are being forced to cut thousands of flights during the peak summer travel season due to a jet fuel shortage as the war in Iran weighs on the entire aviation industry.<\/p>\n

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Jet fuel prices have nearly doubled since the start of the US-Israel-led war, and airlines in Europe \u2013 which import about a third of their jet fuel, mainly from the Middle East \u2013 have been particularly badly hit.<\/p>\n

German airline Lufthansa said this week that it would 20,000 flights cut<\/a> From your schedule to the fall to save jet fuel.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is huge,\u201d said Rico Luman, senior economist at Amsterdam-based ING Research. European airlines are also preparing to make deep cuts to their schedules, he said. “This could be the beginning of more announcements,” Luman said in an interview. \u201cAs we continue to be locked in this conflict and face higher fuel prices like this, we will see more consequences from other airlines.\u201d<\/p>\n