The Hill
Ryan Mancini
30 August 2026
Airlines for America CEO Chris Sununu on Sunday said the price of plane tickets will stabilize amid high jet fuel prices that have spiked in the six months since the Iran war began.
“People realize that demand is high,” Sununu told “The Hill Sunday” host Chris Stirewalt on NewsNation, The Hill’s sister network. “I don’t think you’re going to see prices go up significantly. I think they’re going to be kind of stabilized for quite a while because we’re not getting out of this Iran thing anytime soon, unfortunately. And it’s a bigger issue for places like Asia and Europe.”
The average price of jet fuel is $3.82, down from $4 back in May. Domestic and international prices peaked the same month, with flights within the U.S. close to $100 more than they were for domestic flights last year and international flights costing more than $200 more compared to last year, according to Kayak.
Sununu said that the price for domestic flights is up 20 percent, adding that he does not “think it’s going up anymore.”..
Plane ticket prices could stabilize despite soaring jet fuel costs - The Hill - 30 August 2026
