The end of the conflict with Iran will be accompanied by a sigh of relief from anyone planning air travel. For months, jet passengers have worried that flights might be cancelled due to a lack of jet fuel, given that 20% of the world’s supply transits through the Strait of Hormuz.At one point, the International Energy Agency said Europe had “maybe six weeks” of supplies left, and commercial airlines cancelled thousands of seats.But two private jet operators have now told Fortune that there never was a shortage of jet fuel. Sure, the price went up, but at no point was fuel close to being unavailable, they both said.
“We have not seen any shortage of fuel anywhere, whether it’s domestic in the United States or for European travel,” said Jamie Walker, CEO of Jet Linx, a company that manages private jet fleets. Jet Linx has about 100 planes in 22 locations.
“We have obviously seen price increases, but we have not seen shortages in any of the airports that we’ve operated into.”
Previously, Greg Raiff, CEO of private jet services company Elevate Jet, told Fortune the same thing.
In fact, sales are up 80% on Jet Linx’s jet cards, Walker said. “Production of fuel has gone up by 6X, and so the U.S. is actually exporting a ton of fuel right now to Europe to overcome that shortage.”
