Aviation News: There is a war going on between Iran and US since February. The effect of which is being seen in many countries around the world. The situation is such that oil, gas and operational industries are being hit by inflation. Fuel prices are increasing, passenger numbers are decreasing, gas prices are increasing. In this way, this war is having a deep impact on every industry. There is a lot of fighting especially in the aviation industry.

The condition of aviation industry is bad
Aviation industry was performing very well in the last few years, this sector was getting a lot of boom. But due to the Iran war, the pace of this sector has come to a slight halt. These days many domestic and international airlines are going through difficult times. In such a situation, flights of many important airlines are being reduced. At the same time, the number of passengers is also being seen less on many important routes.

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The biggest decline occurred on these routes
Seats at five of the country’s nine busiest airports have decreased in the first quarter of financial year 2027 as compared to last year. According to data from UK aviation analytics company OAG, the biggest decline has occurred on these routes:

• There has been a reduction of 3.57 million seats in Hyderabad, due to which the maximum decline of 12% has been recorded.
• Seats in Chennai have reached 2.48 million and there has been a decrease of 8%.
• A decline of 2-3% was seen in Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Kolkata.
• There was no change in Guwahati and Bengaluru.
• So there has been an increase of 9.6% in Delhi and 6% in Pune.

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Effect of expensive ATF
Just as the prices of petrol and diesel are increasing across the country, similarly the prices of jet fuel i.e. ATF are also increasing. Due to which the flights have been reduced. Due to increase in fuel prices, flight fares have also been increased. This is also a big reason due to which passengers are avoiding traveling by flight. When the number of passengers is less, then the airlines also have less cost for maintenance, in such a situation there is no option left except canceling the flights.

Let us tell you that according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), between February and June, ATF prices have seen an increase of more than 52% globally. After which it became $146.25 per barrel.