Airlines body chief flags concern for jet fuel shortage in peak summer period

Ryanair Holdings

28/04/2026 12:16

GENEVA, April 28 (Reuters) - The jet fuel crisis triggered by the Iran war has not yet reached the scale of what happened during COVID, but a shortage  during the peak summer period in the northern hemisphere is a concern, the head of the International Air ​Transport Association said.

Willie Walsh told Reuters on Tuesday that demand has remained strong around the world, but that a jet fuel shortage could impact Asia first, then Europe, then Africa and Latin America, with some flight cancellations in order if fuel is rationed.

 (Reporting by Cecile Mantovani, Writing by Joanna Plucinska, EEditing by Andrew Heavens)

 ((joanna.plucinska@thomsonreuters.com, +44 7721 669853))