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Summer Travel Forecast: Jet Fuel Crisis Could Mean More than Just Higher Fares
Airlines are raising baggage and add-on fees as jet fuel prices have roughly doubled, and experts warn of fewer low-fare options this summer.
- Summer travelers should prepare for "more schedule volatility and fewer low-fare options" as the Iran war continues to impact global jet fuel prices, which have roughly doubled.
- The International Energy Agency reports some European countries now rely on less than 20 days of jet fuel coverage, though supplies haven't dropped below 29 days since 2020.
- Air Canada is canceling service to New York's John, Kennedy International Airport between June and October, while six major carriers have increased checked baggage fees in recent weeks.
- Spirit Airlines is reportedly in talks to potentially liquidate assets as fuel costs threaten its bankruptcy recovery, though a spokesperson told FOX Local that "our operations continue as normal."
- Cornell University professor Christopher Anderson told The Associated Press, "This is no longer just a fuel-price story. For airlines, it is now a network-planning story." Jacques Rousseau of Clearview Energy Partners added costs will rise globally.
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