The aviation industry is in the middle of one of its sharpest cost crises in years — and passengers are already paying for it. Jet fuel prices surged so rapidly after the disruption of the Strait of Hormuz that the cost of filling a single Boeing 737-800 jumped from roughly $17,000 to over $27,000 in less than a week. Airlines have responded swiftly and directly. Delta slashed its 2026 profit forecast to potentially a loss and raised checked baggage fees by $10 on the first a