Fuel Crisis Will Lead To ‘Inevitable’ Airfare Price Increase, Walsh Says

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PARIS—High oil prices and constraints on jet fuel refining capacity in the Middle East will cause an “inevitable” increase in air ticket prices, according to IATA Director General Willie Walsh. He also predicted that Gulf carriers and the region’s hubs would recover quickly once stability returns....
Helen Massy-Beresford

Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.

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