Summer is just around the corner, and all signs point to it being a travel season like no other.
Anyone planning a transatlantic journey in the coming months will find those signs particularly concerning. Well-publicized glitches at EU entry points have occurred as Schengen nations this month transitioned to a digital border system. And officials have signaled that there’s a strong possibility that European airlines and airports could run out of jet fuel, as the Iran conflict drags on and cuts the flow of oil from the closed-off Strait of Hormuz.
In mid-April, the head of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, warned that it could take six weeks before airport fuel pumps go dry. If that time frame holds, many passengers heading to Europe could…
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