Summer holidays up in the air as Europe braces for jet fuel shortage
Key takeaways
- Low-cost airline Transavia this week announced its first flight cancellations in May and June, citing skyrocketing prices for kerosene, a widely used aviation fuel.
- By: Cyrielle CABOT A Transavia Boeing 737-800 aircraft lands at Orly Airport, south of Paris, on April 6, 2026. © Thomas Samson, AFP Is it safer not to fly this summer?
- The clock started ticking in mid-April, when the head of the International Energy Agency warned Europe had “maybe six weeks of jet fuel left”.
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Low-cost airline Transavia this week announced its first flight cancellations in May and June, citing skyrocketing prices for kerosene, a widely used aviation fuel. As the war in the Middle East continues, European carriers are braced for more cancellations but hope to avoid a fuel shortage that will ground their fleets this summer.
By: Cyrielle CABOT A Transavia Boeing 737-800 aircraft lands at Orly Airport, south of Paris, on April 6, 2026. © Thomas Samson, AFP Is it safer not to fly this summer? As the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz continues to disrupt global oil markets, concerns are rising that Europe will run out of jet fuel weeks before the peak summer travel months.
The clock started ticking in mid-April, when the head of the International Energy Agency warned Europe had “maybe six weeks of jet fuel left”.