Jet fuel crisis: rationing triggered at four airports in Italy

Published on 06/04/2026 - 10:24 GMT+2

Due to the severe contraction successful substance stocks, operational restrictions person been introduced astatine 4 strategical Italian aerial transport hubs: Milan Linate, Bologna, Venice and Treviso.

According to Air Bp Italia, the British Petroleum group's specialised aviation division, the restrictions volition stay successful spot until astatine slightest 9 April, with the purpose of preserving reserves for indispensable services. The authoritative notices intelligibly specify that 'priority volition beryllium fixed to ambulance flights, authorities flights and flights with a duration of much than 3 hours'.

For each different short-haul flights, a proviso ceiling of 2,000 litres per craft has been imposed, reported Il Corriere della Sera, which reviewed the Notam bulletins distributed to airdrome companies. Although this magnitude whitethorn look substantial, method calculations provided by pilots to the paper marque it wide that this quantity guarantees little than 1 hr of autonomy for craft specified arsenic Boeing 737s oregon Airbus A320s.

Without anterior refuelling astatine different airports, this regularisation would forestall nonstop home routes specified arsenic the 1 betwixt Veneto and Sicily from being covered.

Despite the alarm, the Save Group, which manages the Venice and Treviso airports, has tried to downplay the situation, clarifying that the difficulties are related to a azygous operator. "The occupation is related to a azygous supplier and successful the Group's airports determination are others that proviso the bulk of carriers," the institution clarified.

Save reiterated that "no regulation is placed connected intercontinental flights and the Schengen country and operations are guaranteed without immoderate alarmism".

At the aforesaid time, a akin reassurance came from the San Francesco d'Assisi airdrome successful Perugia, which confirmed to the Ansa bureau that information stocks are capable for different 3 to 4 weeks.

Corriere della Sera, which reported the news, points retired that the flights astatine Easter and the pursuing days are safe, but besides that the past tanker loaded with paraffin from the Persian Gulf arrives successful Europe connected 9 April, posing risks for the contiguous future.

Geopolitical situation and scenarios for the summertime season

Although not explicitly mentioned successful authoritative communications, the root of this logistical bottleneck lies successful planetary tensions, starting with the important blockade of the Strait of Hormuz for tankers containing crude lipid destined for overmuch of Europe.

Lufthansa confirmed to Die Welt that the criticality is already palpable successful Asian markets and that 'the longer the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked, the much captious the information of paraffin supplies could become'. The instability has already triggered grounds terms increases, with substance prices soaring implicit 100% successful immoderate areas.

As reported by Corriere della Sera, Ryanair is monitoring the concern precise closely. Although supplies are guaranteed until the extremity of May, the institution does not regularisation retired the hazard of cancellations for the summertime if the struggle successful Iran continues.

At the moment, Italy has astir 7 months' proviso autonomy, but the fragility of the European proviso concatenation remains the cardinal contented for the coming months.