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Jet Fuel Shortage In ‘Crisis Mode’ Leading To More Flight Cuts And Higher Airfares

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🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 3 minutes

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With the Strait of Hormuz closed for nearly 10 weeks, much of the world is running out of jet fuel and summer vacation plans could be disrupted, energy experts told Forbes. “It’s not going to be a short-term issue, because it can’t be easily solved,” Matt Smith, director of commodity research at Kpler, the energy data and analytics platform, told Forbes, having likened the jet fuel shortage to a “slow-motion car crash.” “We’re going to be in crisis mode,” John Gradek, who teaches aviation risk management at McGill University, told Forbes, noting “the industry has never seen this before, where the actual supply of the product needed to support aviation, that pipeline, is drying up.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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With the straight of Hormuz closed for nearly 10 weeks,

0:31.8

much of the world is running out of jet fuel,

0:34.1

and summer vacation plans could be disrupted, energy experts told Forbes.

0:39.3

Europe's jet fuel inventories are expected to dip below the International Energy Agency's

0:44.5

critical 23-day shortage threshold sometime in June, according to a recent Goldman Sachs

0:50.9

research note to investors. In mid-April, the head of the International Energy Agency warned that Europe had, quote,

0:59.1

maybe six weeks of jet fuel left, and poorer countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America

1:05.6

would feel the impact even sooner.

1:08.7

According to a forecast from Syria in April, global air carriers are set to face a notable

1:14.3

decline in both passenger volume and available seats throughout 2026.

1:20.2

The organization cautioned that as the conflict persist and fuel costs stay elevated, the resulting

1:26.2

repercussions are likely to become increasingly

1:28.8

severe and long-lasting."

1:30.8

Quote, it's not going to be a short-term issue because it can't be easily solved.

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