How airlines are coping with fuel crisis Global air carriers are having to introduce cost-cutting measures due to severely elevated jet fuel prices in the wake of the ongoing war between the United States and Iran MEASURES BEING UNDERTAKEN TO SAVE MONEY Flight cancellations Fare increases Fuel surcharges Luggage surcharges Reduced passenger ⁠benefits Efficiency drive Furlough staff Government bailout Aegean Airlines (Greece) Aer Lingus (Ireland) AirAsia X (Malaysia) Air Canada Air France-KLM Air New Zealand Akasa Air (India) Alaska Air American Airlines Asiana Airlines (South Korea) Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong) China Eastern Airlines Delta Air Lines (U.S.) Easyjet (UK) Edelweiss Air (Switzerland) Greater Bay Airlines (Hong Kong) Hong Kong Airlines IndiGo (India) Jetblue Airways (U.S.) Korean Air (South Korea) Lufthansa (Germany) Norse Atlantic (Norway) Pakistan International Airlines Qantas Airways (Australia) SAS (Scandinavia) Spirit Airlines (U.S.) Spring Airlines (China) Southwest Airlines (U.S.) TAP (Portugal) Thai Airways (Thailand) SunExpress (Turkey) T’Way Air (South Korea) United Airlines (U.S.) Vietjet (Vietnam) Vietnam Airlines Virgin Atlantic (UK) Virgin Australia Volotea (Spain) Westjet (Canada) Sources: BBC, Independent, Newsweek Picture: Yousef Alfuhigi (Unsplash) © GRAPHIC NEWS