This increase is, according to the company, compromising the financial viability of some of its routes.
Geopolitical context
In a statement released, Transavia France explained that “due to the current geopolitical context in the Middle East and its impact on aviation fuel prices, it is adjusting its flight schedule and is forced to cancel several flights scheduled for May and June 2026.”
Although the statement does not specify the number of flights affected, sources from the airline listed them as less than 2% of its flights. In the document, the company emphasised that affected customers will be informed by email and text message and that they can choose to postpone their trip free of charge, receive a full refund of the ticket price, or use it as credit for a later date.
Cancellation criteria
It also stressed that, “in most” cancellation cases, a flight on the same route will be offered within 24 hours.
These cancellations are related to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which prevents the export of crude oil and derivatives from the Persian Gulf, a region that, before the war, supplied about 20% of the world market.
In the case of aviation fuel, due to a shortage of refining capacity, Europe imported about half of its supply from the Persian Gulf.
The interruption of navigation on that route caused prices to skyrocket, and many airlines—including Transavia itself—decided to pass on at least part of these increases to their customers.
The executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, had warned in mid-April that the European Union did not have enough jet fuel reserves for more than six weeks.
