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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Simon Calder

Airlines insist summer flights will go ahead despite warnings over UK jet fuel supply

Filling station: WIzz Air aircraft taking on jet fuel at Eindhoven airport, with a Ryanair plane in the foreground - (Reuters)

As a leading analyst warned of potential jet fuel shortages hitting the UK through the summer, Europe’s biggest budget airlines have told The Independent they are confident they can fly as normal during the peak holiday spell.

Ano Kuhanathan, head of corporate research for the insurer Allianz Trade, told The Telegraph that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz leaves Britain far more exposed than other European countries to shortcomings in supply.

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