A shortage of tanker truck drivers has\u00a0caused fuel delivery disruptions<\/strong>\u00a0at airports from Nantucket to California.<\/p>\n The Federal Aviation Administration issued a\u00a0“Notice to Airmen”<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0warning that some airports would not have enough jet fuel through Monday.<\/p>\n Flights were delayed at California’s Santa Barbara airport, and some departing planes were forced to add stops for refueling last weekend. Meanwhile, the airport in Nantucket, Massachusetts, ran out of jet-A-grade fuel over the weekend.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Those problems followed a similar situation last week at the airport serving Reno, Nevada, and Lake Tahoe. –\u00a0Bloomberg<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n These problems are strictly labor challenges and not supply issues with jet fuel in U.S. inventory. As early as May, we noted semi-truck driver shortages may spark fuel\u00a0shortages<\/a>\u00a0by summer.<\/p>\n “We’ve seen unprecedented demand for Jet-A on the island, both in our corporate general aviation and our commercial air carrier traffic,” Nantucket’s assistant airport manager Noah Karberg told Bloomberg.<\/em><\/p>\n “I expect we’re going to have ongoing issues for Sundays throughout the rest of the summer,” he said.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The hiccups with deliveries are supply-chain oriented and come as travel demand is surging again. TSLA checkpoint travel numbers show air travel over the weekend is nearing full recovery from pandemic lows.<\/p>\n Delivery delays are having a meaningful impact on prices.\u00a0Los Angeles jet fuel prices spiked last week.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2021-08-03_08-11-28.png?itok=6PGso0BG\")
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