JetBlue, United And Wizz Turn Away From Fuel Hedging

Victoria Moores December 02, 2021
United Airlines
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Senior executives from JetBlue Airways, United Airlines and Wizz Air told delegates at the World Aviation Festival that they no longer view fuel hedging as worthwhile. “We don’t hedge fuel, because the cost of hedging is so expensive,” United CEO Scott Kirby said, via a recorded video interview Dec...
Victoria Moores

Victoria Moores joined Air Transport World as our London-based European Editor/Bureau Chief on 18 June 2012. Victoria has nearly 20 years’ aviation industry experience, spanning airline ground operations, analytical, journalism and communications roles.

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