The head of Frankfurt Airport has sought to reassure passengers over fears of jet fuel shortages during the summer travel season due to the Iran war.
“I would clearly tell every passenger: don’t worry about your booking at the moment,” Fraport chief executive Stefan Schulte told the Handelsblatt newspaper in an interview published on Wednesday.
Schulte said he believed fuel supplies in Europe would remain secure throughout the summer.
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“I assume that over the coming months, we will have sufficient jet fuel in Europe — and, by extension, in Germany. If things go well, this will hold true through the end of the year,” he told the newspaper.
Even if shortages were to emerge in some region of the world, passengers would either be rebooked or refunded, Schulte added.
“And in my view, concerns about being stranded somewhere are unfounded. Countries such as India or China are handling the situation very professionally by building up reserves. Any aircraft that is allowed to land there will also be able to fly back out again.”
The concerns stem from the ongoing war in Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which more than 25% of the aviation fuel used in Europe is normally transported during peacetime.
Experts have warned of possible supply bottlenecks.