Posted on 03/30/2026 3:38:59 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
AIRLINES are heading into summer with a brutal fuel shock that is already forcing fare hikes, route cuts and fresh fears of travel chaos.
A fast-moving supply squeeze has sent jet fuel prices soaring and rattled carriers on both sides of the Atlantic.
In the US, big airlines are already scrambling as costs surge, and executives warn the hit could last well beyond the busy travel season.
The Argus US Jet Fuel Index, an industry benchmark tracking wholesale jet fuel prices, climbed to $4.57 a gallon on March 27.
Meanwhile, the spot price for jet fuel in the US, the going market rate for immediate purchases, hit $4.24 a gallon last week, up from about $2.50 before the first strikes on Iran, Fox News reported.
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They won’t run out of gas, ffs! They’ll just charge more to fly. Such a dumb “story.”
British Liberal Fear Mongering.
“American airlines could run out of fuel within WEEKS as travel chaos spirals before summer”
Doesn’t impact me, I fly United.
All of these TDSer, Doom & Gloom, and/or foreign agents spamming FR constantly is becoming more and more of a nuisance.
Most of the big airlines have “locked” their prices for jet fuel. Delta owns an oil refinery
[clutches pearls] Whatever shall we do?
They will just raise the baggage fee. It’s coming, and when fuel goes back down, they will leave the baggage fees in place.
I agree with your assessment. This is just more left wing scare talk geared towards the useful idiots to put them into the panic and riot mode.
You aguys are turned my Jim’s site into a Tabload. Post real news!
I’m not impacted either since I have nowhere to go.
You guys s are turning Jim’s site into a tabloid. Knock it off.
Is Fox News a tabloid site, too?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jet-fuel-spikes-airlines-warn-supplies-could-run-dry-within-weeks
They linked to Fox News. It’s what Fox News is reporting.
It goes for clicks also
In the last stage they can be like Gert Frobe in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines movie where he touched his feet on the ground to push his failing biplane upward as he ran along on the shore.
| Year | Brief Description |
|---|---|
| 1973-1974 | First fuel surcharges during OPEC oil crisis (mainly outside US) |
| 1989-1990 | Potential surcharges considered during Gulf War oil price spike |
| 2004 | Widespread introduction of modern fuel surcharges as oil prices rose sharply |
| 2008 | Peak usage with record oil prices (~$147/barrel); surcharges up to $60+ one-way |
| 2011-2012 | Reintroduced or increased during another fuel price surge |
| 2022 | Reintroduction by many airlines due to post-pandemic and Ukraine-related fuel spikes |
| 2026 | New increases and surcharges by international carriers amid rising jet fuel costs |
Well it’s a good thing that TSA isn’t getting paid, it’s slowing everything down so they can get more fuel.
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