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Airline fuel costs jumped 56 percent in March: Transportation Department

The Hill · May 6, 2026, 9:16 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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Airline fuel costs went up 56 percent in March, according to the Department of Transportation (DOT) — a sharp spike in the first full month after the outbreak of the Iran war. In a Wednesday release, the DOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) said that U.S. scheduled service airlines’ total

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