{"id":518,"date":"2026-04-29T02:27:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T02:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=518"},"modified":"2026-04-29T02:27:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T02:27:50","slug":"rising-fuel-costs-push-indian-aviation-sector-toward-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/04\/29\/rising-fuel-costs-push-indian-aviation-sector-toward-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Rising Fuel Costs Push Indian Aviation Sector Toward Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Major Indian airlines including Air India, IndiGo, and SpiceJet\u2014which together account for about 95% of India\u2019s aviation market\u2014have warned the government that the sector is nearing a point where operations could be severely disrupted, according to Press Trust of India.<\/p>\n<p>The ongoing conflict and the near closure of the Strait of Hormuz have driven global oil prices higher. This has had a significant impact on India, the world\u2019s fifth-largest aviation market.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, airspace restrictions\u2014especially on long-haul routes\u2014have further increased operational costs for airlines.<\/p>\n<p>Aviation fuel (ATF), which accounts for nearly 40% of an airline\u2019s operating expenses, has seen price increases, prompting airlines to request a revision in fuel pricing.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Federation of Indian Airlines has urged the Ministry of Civil Aviation to revise the fuel pricing mechanism for both domestic and international operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major Indian airlines including Air India, IndiGo, and SpiceJet\u2014which together account for about 95% of India\u2019s aviation market\u2014have warned the government that the sector is nearing a point where operations could be severely disrupted, according to Press Trust of India. The ongoing conflict and the near closure of the Strait of Hormuz have driven global &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":520,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions\/520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}