{"id":403511,"date":"2026-04-17T14:25:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/403511\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T14:25:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:25:06","slug":"holiday-makers-face-possible-flight-cancellations-in-may-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/403511\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday makers face possible flight cancellations in May \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Holiday makers face possible flight cancellations from the end of May if the current squeeze on jet fuel supplies continues, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/willie-walsh\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/willie-walsh\/\">Willie Walsh<\/a>, the Irishman who leads air travel\u2019s main industry body.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/international-energy-agency\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/international-energy-agency\/\">International Energy Agency<\/a> (IEA) estimates that Europe has around six weeks of jet fuel left as a result of the conflict in the Middle East and the continued blockade of shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">European travellers could see \u201csome cancellations for lack of jet fuel\u201d by the end of May, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/international-air-transport-association\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/international-air-transport-association\/\">International Air Travel Association<\/a> chief executive, Walsh, warned on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cThe IEA\u2019s assessment of potential jet fuel shortages is sobering,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">He noted that Asian airlines were already cancelling flights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cAlong with doing everything possible to secure alternative supply lines, it\u2019s important that authorities have well-communicated and well-co-ordinated plans in place in case rationing becomes necessary,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Walsh said this should include \u201cslot relief\u201d, an arrangement whereby airlines prevented from using take-off and landing slots at airports should the fuel shortage force them to cancel flights do not lose the right to use them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">IEA chief executive Fatih Birol confirmed that Asian carriers were on the front line, but warned that Europe and the Americas would begin to suffer if the conflict continued to limit supplies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Much of the oil and gas that moves through the Strait of Hormuz goes to Asia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Refiners there are paying up to $170 a barrel for deliveries of crude oil even as prices in the wider market dropped below $100, according to some reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Holiday makers face possible flight cancellations from the end of May if the current squeeze on jet 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