{"id":34571,"date":"2026-05-07T14:49:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/34571\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T14:49:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T14:49:08","slug":"eu-airlines-should-pay-passengers-for-cancelations-due-to-fuel-price-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/europe\/34571\/","title":{"rendered":"EU: Airlines Should Pay Passengers for Cancelations due to Fuel Price Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Airlines will have to continue reimbursing travelers if they cancel flights due to high jet fuel prices, EU Sustainable Transport and Tourism Commissioner, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, told the Financial Times<\/a> in an interview published on Thursday.<\/p>\n

European airlines are struggling with a spike in jet fuel prices, while officials and analysts warn that Europe has just weeks before it feels kerosene shortages.<\/p>\n

Tzitzikostas played down estimates that jet fuel shortages could hit Europe in June if the situation at the Strait of Hormuz does not improve, and warned against alarmist messages ahead of the peak tourism season.<\/p>\n

The EU\u2019s plan from last month to accelerate coordination<\/a> among all member states to ensure the availability of jet fuel and diesel should help the bloc go through this period of major supply disruptions, he added.<\/p>\n

According to the commissioner, the spike in jet fuel prices is no extraordinary circumstance for canceling flights.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe price of jet fuel is the reason why we have cancellations of flights and if they cancel flights without extraordinary circumstances \u2014 jet fuel prices are not extraordinary circumstances \u2014 they will have to reimburse the people,\u201d Tzitzikostas told FT.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Lufthansa Group, Europe\u2019s biggest airline, said it expects the surge in jet fuel prices to cost it an additional $2 billion<\/a> this year as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz \u201cis leading to a shortage in kerosene supply and thus to a significant increase in kerosene prices.\u201d<\/p>\n

The war in Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have severely constrained Europe\u2019s jet fuel supply<\/a>, while jet fuel prices have spiked to over $200 per barrel.<\/p>\n

The war in Iran has cut most of Europe\u2019s imports of jet fuel, while local output has been falling for nearly two decades due to dozens of refineries closing permanently or being converted to biofuel production.<\/p>\n

By Michael Kern for Oilprice.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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