Fuel price surge forces European airlines to reassess schedules and routes

Since the Iran war in summer, the price of Jet A‑1 kerosene has more than doubled, influencing how airlines build their flight plans across Europe.

Airlines are reviewing capacities, frequencies and weaker connections, noting that the shortest routes do not lose service first while the weakest routes do; short feeder routes to hubs can stay strategically valuable despite high fuel costs, and routes previously discussed for climate reasons are now under economic pressure as the market shifts them through higher marginal costs rather than bans.