Cathy Adams

And those are the areas, you know, actually in Asia.

I've been in Korea, actually, for the past few days with Virgin Atlantic.

And in Korea, they're telling civil servants that they actually can't drive to work on specific days to conserve fuel.

So things actually on the ground are kind of much worse in Asia.

But yes, I spoke to an analyst this week about where in Europe actually could be the most affected.

And at the start of April, four airports in northern Italy, they actually started rationing fuel annually.

for short-haul services, so prioritising long-haul services, ambulance services, medical jets, etc.

He then said, he's called Brian Terry, and he then said that other major hubs, including Paris, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, they're already dipping into their reserves.

Mediterranean leisure airports as well, so Spanish islands, Greek islands, you know, southern Italy, they also operate with very thin fuel buffers.

So if stuff does happen, then it's those

smaller airports that don't have the capacity to hold huge amounts of fuel that could be more affected.

Yes, absolutely.

And everybody I've spoken to over the past week, be that agents, analysts, airlines, obviously airlines have a big agenda here.

They do want to get people to book early.

But I think that the advice does still stand.

past data shows us that where flight prices go up, they very rarely come back down again.

So yes, my advice is if you are planning to travel this year into next year even, book your flight now.

Lock in a good price because once you've booked, the airline does have a responsibility towards you.

And therefore, even if they cancel your flight, they have to re-route you back onto one.

So yes, if you're looking to travel, I really would advise to book now.