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The latest government data reveals that U.S. airlines spent $6.66 billion on jet fuel in May 2026.

The fuel shock hitting U.S. airlines is doing more than squeezing margins — it is widening a product gap that may take years to close, as stronger carriers keep investing in lounges, premium seating, technology and international networks that weaker rivals ​may struggle to match.

U.S. passenger airlines' fuel ​costs jumped 78% ‌in April to nearly $6.5 billion over the ​same month ​last year as the ⁠conflict in the Middle ​East has sharply ​driven up fuel costs, the U.S. Transportation Department ​said Monday.

The global airline industry nearly halved its ​2026 profit forecast on Sunday, citing conflict in the Middle East that has driven up fuel costs, disrupted key air ‌corridors and exposed the fragility of a sector operating on thin margins.

Global airline bosses gathering in Rio de Janeiro this weekend will be searching for answers to the industry's biggest crisis since the pandemic, with the Iran war driving up jet fuel costs, forcing flight ​detours and testing carriers' ability to raise fares.

Budget carriers like Breeze, Allegiant and Frontier are swooping in on Spirit's former routes as well as circling its valuable takeoff and landing slots at bigger airports.

Julian Richardson worked as a flight attendant for Spirit Airlines for about eight years. He was shocked to hear about Spirit's shutdown, despite hearing rumors of it for years.

After Spirit Airlines vanished from the skies, its not-quite-sudden collapse raised questions about why the successful low-cost model, born in the U.S. airline industry, is failing.

The recent grounding of U.S. budget carrier Spirit Airlines could help ease shortages of next-generation RTX spare engines needed ​to keep late-model Airbus single-aisle jets flying, industry executives and analysts say.

Don Lair writes about options income, dividend strategy, and the kind of boring-but-durable investing that actually funds retirement.