jet fuel

Jet fuel costs more and international shipping companies have raised their rates. It is a challenging time for Chinese e-commerce businesses, whose business model is based on selling inexpensive products to almost the entire world. All the details.

Revenues and profits soar for Ryanair in the 2025-2026 fiscal year, but the group warns that the new fiscal year is burdened by uncertainties related to conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine, as well as risks concerning fuel supply. The stock drops more than 3% this morning. All the details.

To prevent a supply crisis, the European Commission has authorized the use of a type of aircraft fuel common in the United States. Jet A is almost identical to the international standard but differs in its freezing point. All the details and consequences.

Losses decreased in the first quarter and revenues reached 8.7 billion, but the increase in jet fuel costs (up to 1.7 billion) and tensions in the Middle East make the 2026 outlook more uncertain. The group confirms the guidance but expects earnings below expectations.

After the March lockdown, China will resume exporting diesel and jet fuel. This is a political maneuver aimed at “winning over” Asia, but it will also help ease prices in Europe. Facts, figures, and comments.

Shell has said that its Pernis refinery, the largest in Europe, is operating at full capacity to produce jet fuel. The European Union is dependent on jet fuel supplies coming from the Middle East and risks running out. The Commission wants to intervene.

How to cope with rising energy prices? Tensions and divisions among European states. Excerpt from the European Morning Brief.

The European Commission is working on a plan to prevent a shortage of jet fuel at airports. The Union is highly dependent on supplies coming from the Middle East: the risk is that in summer, the season with the most flights, airlines may not have enough fuel. All the details (including on the countries most and least exposed).

The market is saying something very specific: the problem is not the price of oil. It is the time required to obtain it. And when time becomes scarce, the system stops functioning for optimization and starts functioning for survival. The analysis by Gianclaudio Torlizzi taken from his X profile.

European airports risk running out of fuel if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened within three weeks: deliveries for May are not guaranteed. This is according to Airports Council International Europe. Numbers and details.

The European Union is dependent on the Persian Gulf for jet fuel and diesel: thus, the Commission has asked member countries to consider introducing “voluntary demand reduction measures” in transportation. Car travel and air travel, therefore, could be limited. All the details.

To protect its farmers, China has not only banned fuel exports but also fertilizer exports. Beijing is highly exposed to the crisis in the Persian Gulf because much of its oil and sulfur supplies pass through the Strait of Hormuz.