Re:Europe has "maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left"
by hadlock on Thursday April 16, 2026 @03:51PM
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United has already cut flights by 5%, the article says KLM is cutting ~1% of their flights, both citing fuel shortages. If giant companies on opposite sides of the Atlantic, are saying this is an issue, it's probably worth taking their word for it
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Re:Europe has "maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left"
by LeChuck on Thursday April 16, 2026 @10:09PM
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KLM is citing fuel price, not shortage. They’re cutting under utilized flights which they cannot perform profitably at current prices. They’ve explicitly said it’s not because of a shortage.
Re:Europe has "maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left"
by khriss on Thursday April 16, 2026 @11:23PM
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Aren't those identical things? Shortage of commodity X, relative to demand, drives up prices for X.
Re:Europe has "maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left"
by jltsiren on Thursday April 16, 2026 @11:40PM
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A shortage can also be physical. The fuel you already bought (and possibly paid for) cannot be delivered. Maybe the actual delivery is the issue. Maybe a government confiscated it for other uses. Or maybe the fuel doesn't exist at all, because the refinery didn't have the oil to produce it.
Re:Europe has "maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left"
by gib444 on Thursday April 16, 2026 @10:17PM
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https://news.klm.com/statement-situation-middle-east/
> ... due to rising kerosene costs, are currently no longer financially viable to operate. There is no kerosene shortage.