India’s airlines have asked state-run oil refiners to hold off on hiking jet fuel prices for domestic flights until the conflict in the Middle East ends, in a bid to alleviate their rising cost pressures and mounting losses.

European airlines say jet fuel supply is secure for summer 2026, even as the Strait of Hormuz closure sends fuel costs surging by billions.

India’s airlines have asked state-run oil refiners to hold off on hiking jet fuel prices for domestic flights until the conflict in the Middle East ends, people familiar with the…