Jet fuel consumption dropped for the first time in six years, bucking a trend of growth among the other types of petroleum products despite record-high prices.
An analysis of data from the energy regulator shows that aircraft consumed 862.45 million litres of jet fuel in the year ended June 2026, marking a six percent drop from 917.45 million litres a year ago. The drop is a first in six years, with the other fall being a 24.9 percent dip to 543.07 million litres in the year to June 2021.
The drop came at a time when the US-Iran war triggered regional closures of airspace in the Middle East and the grounding of major international flights, hitting traffic of international aircraft at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and the Moi International Airport in Mombasa.
Jet fuel consumption dropped for the first time in six years, bucking a trend of growth among the other types of petroleum products despite record-high prices.
An analysis of data from the energy regulator shows that aircraft consumed 862.45 million litres of jet fuel in the year ended June 2026, marking a six percent drop from 917.45 million litres a year ago. The drop is a first in six years, with the other fall being a 24.9 percent dip to 543.07 million litres in the year to June 2021.
The drop came at a time when the US-Iran war triggered regional closures of airspace in the Middle East and the grounding of major international flights, hitting traffic of international aircraft at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and the Moi International Airport in Mombasa.