Discover why Ryanair remains resilient amidst Middle East tensions, with strong oil hedging, a €750M buyback, and no capacity ...

Amid rising geopolitical tensions, a recent 7% surge in West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude has renewed focus on airline fuel ...

Geopolitical tension has pumped oil prices up, which usually clips airline wings. But Southwest Airlines’ short interest just ...

In the early hours of June 13, Israel launched its largest-ever attack on Iran. Airstrikes involving more than 200 aircraft ...

Founded in 1984, the airline maintains a disciplined low-cost model focused on point-to-point service, high aircraft utilization, and tight cost control. Ancillary revenue from services like seat ...

Airlines use hedging as a key avenue to cut costs, buying most of their fuel at a certain price in the hope they will rise in the future, allowing them to lock in savings. Because fuel makes up a ...

In its finance function, it is getting rid of fuel hedging. Southwest, the discount carrier known for bucking industry trends, is abandoning the strategy because it is too costly, and hasn’t ...

For now, Southwest’s nixing of its fuel hedging program tunes out the risk of a preemptive strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. In addition to annoying us all by ending their “bags fly free ...

In the first quarter of this year, Southwest paid $1.98 per gallon for fuel. American Airlines paid $2.73, and United paid $2.83 per gallon in the same period. Since 1999, hedging has saved ...

Analysts say many airlines around the world are reviewing their hedging strategies in view of the situation. Currently, there is a huge demand for jet fuel with the international travel and ...

Referring to the lack of hedging, chief executive József Váradi said its fuel costs in the first half of its last financial year had been “totally down to the market” and that the market ...

The company effectively fixed a large swathe of its jet fuel bill at about $64 a barrel during the fiscal year that ended March 31. This approach, known as hedging, generated savings of more than €1.4 ...