Europe has 6 weeks of jet fuel left *[title amended]

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What's people's thoughts on this - is it scare mongering?
My main holiday isn't for another wee while but are we going to see disruptions/cancellations to rival COVID times?

• [Title amended at OP's request to make it clear that news reports are referring to jet / aviation fuel]

I wonder if they will lift the ban on buying from russia

Нет!

We drive to Italy for our annual summer holiday in any case, but tomorrow we will be picking up our new electric car so hopefully we will still be able to go even if the fuel crisis continues.

Fingers crossed anyway.

I fly weekly for work, but am prepared to look for the silver lining if I have a valid excuse for working from home more for a while.

That’s handy if you live in Glasgow like me!

Obviously, which is why I said for all of this

Oh fck off. It’s a holiday thread.

Was wondering about that too as we have an electric car and could do eurostar to Paris. Wondering whether the cost of charging might go up exponentially if all the other fuels go up, though?

With what fuel (or electricity…?)

If this is aimed at me then I apologise for going to bed too early that I couldn't respond. But my source was the multiple new articles that are out at the moment. I wouldn't really call it a panic thread.

I will try and get my title amended to include the word aviation.

@GlomOfNit I'm very sorry to hear about your situation but as you've pointed out, this is the holiday forum which is why I posted here as it effects people going on holiday.

Coincidentally I'm going from Finland to the UK in June. Hope we both manage our trips! I'm starting to really stress about it as it's the last summer my parents can manage a proper holiday with us, travelling around the UK so if it doesn't happen this year it'll never happen 😔

BBC?
Typical catastrophising and scaremongering.

@Natsku fingers crossed.

Are you taking the piss?

The carbon footprint of this war is massive. A total waste of prescious resources with no benefit.

Hehe - that's what I thought too. Every cloud...

@MelanzaneParmigiana umm no - it has been on all news channels, as it is news.

I'm not going on my big holiday to Crete until late September. But I was considering going to Vienna in June. If the worst happens I'll get the train there, or I might take a British holiday instead. It's not a huge issue for me (yet).

what really pisses me off is this is ALL about money... someone is getting very rich while people die and lives up upturned.

OMG, what if you are in an accident abroad and need urgent medical care/repatriation and you can't get through to them? That message would have me cancelling the policy and finding a new one before flying.

Not if they say essential travel
only, for essential workers.

TUI just cancelled our friends holiday to Sorrento. They were going in May. No reason was given.

I was being a bit tongue in cheek and obviously if fuel was rationed I wouldn't be going, but it's jet fuel (kerosene) which they only have 6 weeks of, not petrol/ diesel.

I hope this is resolved by June. Our only childcare option is flying over from the UK to stay with us. Otherwise, I will be giving birth alone.

Several mentions of silver linings upthread but I don't think many of those who make a living out of aviation are seeing them.

There's already a rumour of one of the small ACMI (roughly speaking short notice/short term charter) operators laying off staff.

I really don't think this is a panic thread.

It is discussing a warning issued by the head of the International Energy Agency, not "my mate Bob, down the pub says...."

Lots of us will have money and plans tied up in air travel, and will rightly want to be aware of what is going on, and that's before we consider air freight.

Plus, this is a holiday thread.

It’s also in The Times.