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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jasper Jolly and Jillian Ambrose

Fears of UK and EU flight cancellations as airports warn of jet fuel shortages

Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 on the tarmac at South terminal, Gatwick airport
Jet fuel prices have risen sharply since the end of February after the US–Israel attacks on Iran. Photograph: Kumar Sriskandan/Alamy

Airports have said jet fuel could run short within three weeks in Europe if oil supplies do not start to flow through the strait of Hormuz, raising concerns over flight cancellations in the UK and EU going into the summer holiday season.

Jet fuel shortages will become so acute without the resumption of supplies from the Middle East that cancellations across Europe will be inevitable, disrupting travel plans for potentially millions of passengers.

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