«Jet fuel prices have dropped in the last week but are still about twice as high as a year ago, according to the International Air Transport Association.

Airlines are now factoring in those costs as they review their summer schedules. Air Canada, which flies to three cities from RDU, cited fuel prices when it announced late last week that it was suspending five routes to other airports, including two to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

“Jet fuel prices have doubled since the start of the Iran conflict, affecting some lower profitability routes and flights which now are no longer economically feasible,” the carrier said in a statement.»

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(No way to gift this article, sadly.)