ISLAMABAD: Pakistani travelers are facing higher airfares as airlines impose fuel surcharges and flight cancelations mount amid jet fuel price spikes and airspace disruptions linked to the Middle East conflict, industry officials said this week. Jet fuel this month surged in Pakistan from ₨188.93 to ₨342.32 per liter, according to local media reports. It followed global oil and airspace disruptions amid ongoing United States-Israeli strikes on Iran and Tehran’s counterattacks in the Gulf.

The war has sent oil prices surging, upending global travel and pushing airline ticket costs on some routes sky-high.

CANBERRA, NEW DELHI: Australia’s Qantas Airways, Scandinavia’s SAS and Air New Zealand announced airfare hikes on Tuesday, blaming an abrupt spike in the cost of fuel caused by…