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by cjbenedikt 62 days ago
Remember the days when airlines used to hedge their exposure to fuel prices...???
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You can't really hedge a true shortage. You'll get some money, but you can't pump money into a fuel tank.
Euro airlines hedge quite a bit actually - Ryanair is one of the most hedged airlines around. US airlines do it a lot less these days; Delta has their own refinery instead.

Hedging won't make more jet fuel appear though

It looks like quite a few international airlines (most?) hedge their exposure, and some have even been increasing lately:

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/how-airlines-have-he...