High Prices Put Fuel-Hedging Policies in the Spotlight

Helen Massy-Beresford Ben Goldstein Adrian Schofield March 29, 2022

aircraft in flight — Southwest is the most hedged U.S. airline, while Delta’s refinery helps with refining margins.
Credit: Joepriesaviation.net

A sharp rise in jet fuel prices in the weeks since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has thrown airlines’ contrasting fuel-hedging policies into the spotlight, with carriers now reflecting on their longtime dilemma: to hedge or not to hedge. Oil prices were already high before the Russia-Ukraine war, but...

Helen Massy-Beresford

Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.

Ben Goldstein

Based in Washington, Ben covers Congress, regulatory agencies, the Departments of Justice and Transportation and lobby groups.

Adrian Schofield

Adrian is a senior air transport editor for Aviation Week, based in New Zealand. He covers commercial aviation in the Asia-Pacific region.

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