New measures will be brought in to avoid a shortage ofjet fuel, following the crisis in the Middle East. Passengers flying with some airlines could see significant changes to flight schedules this summer. Supplies have been squeezed following Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical route that handles around 41% of Europe’s jet fuel.
Concerns have been heightened after data from analysts at Kpler showed global shipments of jet fuel and kerosene dropped below 2.3 million tonnes last week — the lowest level on record.Airlinesare issuing updates to travellers, with the situation quickly unfolding as summer draws closer.
The U.S. carrier said it would hike checked baggage fees by around £7.36 each for the first and second checked bags and by £110.46 for the third checked bag on domestic and short-haul internationalflights.
It also trimmed certain benefits for economy passengers.
It had earlier said it expected a $400million (£294million) increase in first-quarter expenses due to fuel prices.
EasyJet Holidays told customers they can be confident theirholidayswill “go ahead as planned” without extra surcharges.
CEO Garry Wilson said on Saturday, 25 April: “We know that holidaymakers may have questions about what recent global events might mean for their travel plans this summer, so we are giving our customers absolute peace of mind that no surcharges will be added to their flights or package holidays.”
EasyJet had previously warned of a bigger half-year pre-tax loss of between £540m and £560m.
A spokesperson for easyJet said: "easyJet is not seeing any disruption to fuel supply. We continue to operate our flights and package holidays as normal, are not making changes and intend to operate our full summer schedule.
"We remain in close contact with suppliers who continue to provide uninterrupted supply and are diversifying exporting from additional countries globally to bolster supplies going forward."
Source: Daily Express :: World Feed
