Amy Scott
speaker
372 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard 19 Mar
Amy Scott’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Good, as always, to have you with us.
We are now into Day 18 of the war in the Middle East.
Commercial airspace in much of the region remains closed.
Oil prices are fluctuating, but high, above $100 a barrel for Brent Crude, the international benchmark.
And here in the United States, airport lines keep getting longer as the partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security stretches into a second month and more TSA agents don't come to work.
You see where I'm going here.
All of this is adding up for airlines.
Marketplace's Samantha Fields has the 30,000-foot view of the business of flying right now.
Just a few weeks ago, airlines were paying about $2.50 a gallon for jet fuel.
Today, it's closer to $4 a gallon.
That is putting extreme financial pressure on airlines.
Charles Duncan at Altitude X Aviation Group says no one has any idea how long these high fuel prices will last.
The same is true with the closure of commercial airspace and the severe disruptions at key airport hubs in the Middle East, including Dubai, Doha and Abu Dhabi.
The options for flying from Europe to Asia have narrowed, and Mike Stengel at Aerodynamic Advisory says in many cases the new routes are longer.
These detours can add significantly to flight time, which means more fuel.
And higher costs.
Airlines based in the Gulf are more affected than others.
But Stengel says all are scrambling to adjust their operations and account for spiking fuel prices.
If I were an airline executive, fuel would be my number one concern on cost items.
Airline profits are highly sensitive to changes in fuel prices.
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