Credit: Joe Pries
Fuel hedging became widespread among airlines around the world by the early 2000s, with U.S. carriers aggressively deploying the strategy. It is essentially an insurance against large spikes in the price of jet fuel—typically one of the highest day-to-day costs for an airline. No airline practiced...
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