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Episode #28: Lufthansa’s 20,000 Flight Cancellations and the "More Closed" (Dire) Strait
Get your freight emergency kits ready, because the fuel market is bordering on absolute chaos.
Between the IRGC boarding container ships in the Strait of Hormuz and Lufthansa slashing 20,000 flights due to fuel concerns, capacity is getting squeezed from both ends.
While jet fuel prices have dipped slightly from their March peak, the real ghost in the machine is availability. Europe might only have six weeks of jet fuel left in the tank, making "seasonal trends" look about as relevant as a VCR manual in 2026.
But it’s not all doom and gloom—unless you hate money. US importers are finally…
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