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Lufthansa Warns of Potential Fuel Shortage on Prolonged Iran War

Passenger aircraft, operated by Deutsche Lufthansa AG, at Munich International Airport in Munich, Germany.

Photographer: Michaela Stache/Bloomberg

Deutsche Lufthansa AG sees potential bottlenecks for jet fuel availability should the conflict in the Middle East turn into a longer war.

“Availability is already difficult at some airports in Asia,” Grazia Vittadini, who heads up Lufthansa’s technology, IT and innovation division, told German newspaper Die Welt. “The longer the Strait of Hormuz is blocked, the more critical the supply situation can become.”