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It’s been a busy past few weeks for Skift’s editorial team, from the war with Iran potentially costing U.S. airlines $24 billion in additional jet fuel expenses (scroll down for a chart) to the ongoing decline in inbound tourism to the U.S. This week’s issue of Connecting the Dots is taking a quick hiatus, but that doesn’t mean the news and analysis have stopped flowing.
Below is a roundup of three Skift articles from the last two weeks that I either wrote or contributed to. We’ll be back for our regularly scheduled programming soon.
WHAT I’M READING AND WRITING
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Iran’s retaliatory strikes hit Middle East destinations’ civilian infrastructure. The region’s $460 billion tourism machine is counting the cost. This paper by the Skift Advisory team provides both the diagnosis and the decision architecture for what comes next.
The entire incentive structure of the creator economy pushes toward exoticization over understanding, sensation over context.
Airbnb’s capital allocation tells a different story than ambitions laid out at conferences. You don’t become a travel superapp by buying back your own stock.
CHART OF THE WEEK
The war with Iran could cost U.S. airlines $24 billion in additional jet fuel expenses, according to a new analysis by Skift Research, which estimates that ticket prices would need to rise at least 11% to offset the increase.
No U.S. airlines hedge their fuel costs so all are exposed to the recent oil price spike. American Airlines may see the biggest sticker shock at the pump, followed closely by its other big three network carrier peers.
