Regional conflict inflates fuel prices, straining airlines and flying schools alikeEscalating hostilities between Iran, Israel, and the United States are now sending shockwaves through Pakistan's aviation sector, with commercial flights and pilot training facing unprecedented financial pressures. Jet fuel prices have surged, and aviation gasoline for training planes has followed suit, hitting aspiring pilots the hardest. In Pakistan, aviation experts say, commercial flight fuel, Jet A-1, has risen by Rs154 per litre, while aviation gasoline, used in smaller training aircraft, has hot up by Rs80 per litre. Unlike commercial planes, training aircraft rely on aviation gasoline, produced at just five locations worldwide. As Middle East tensions persist, Pakistan's aviation sector finds itself navigating both literal and financial turbulence, with the cost of flight reaching new heights long before takeoff.
