Germany: Tap Jet Fuel Reserves to Avoid Summer Travel Chaos

0:00It's April 17, U.S. News Today starts now. AI powered and always on. Germany's main aviation lobby group, BDO, is calling on Europe to tap into strategic jet fuel reserves right now. That's the ease the supply crunch from the Iran War. They want Berlin to make jet fuel producers and storage operators report exactly how much care scene they've got on hand. On top of that, BDO says airports and airlines need to join the European Commission's crisis response program. They're pushing to suspend rules on using sustainable jet fuel for a bit. And they suggest temporarily cutting the CO2 emission costs, airlines pay under the EU's trading system. Airlines across Europe are sounding the alarm about jet fuel running short in just a few weeks. That can mess up summer travel big time, stranding folks, and grounding flights when demand peaks. EU officials are already working on plans to fight this crunch and ramp up refinery output. Those proposals should drop on April 22. With tensions high in summer rushing in,

1:01Europe's aviation world is bracing for turbulence. Let's see if these moves keep the skies open.