American Airlines and Southwest Airlines are carrying extra fuel on some planes and considering other steps as deliveries to some airports are delayed.
Preserving the aging ocean liner for the next 25 years could cost $175 million, but sinking or dismantling it could cost even more.This is the latest example of disrupted fuel supplies because of trucking woes. While the whole country has plenty of gasoline and even a glut of jet fuel, truck drivers who distribute supplies have been hard to come by just as travel demand comes roaring back.
“The larger issue here is that jet fuel has lost pipeline space to gasoline and diesel over the past year due to the pandemic,” Delta Air Lines Inc. said in a statement. “The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the pipelines, and the airlines need to work together to allow space on the pipelines to ship the needed jet fuel to the airports.”
The delays have had minimal effect on flights by American and Southwest; Delta said its operations haven’t been affected. United Airlines Holdings Inc. referred questions to Airlines for America, the trade group for the largest U.S. carriers. Airlines for America is “in communication with federal authorities and pipeline operators to address this jet fuel capacity issue,” the group said in a statement.
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