Marketplace All-in-One The wider consequences of war
Apr 1, 2026
Samantha Fields, a Marketplace reporter who tracks how fuel shocks ripple through air travel, breaks down rising jet fuel costs. She explains why airlines are adding fuel surcharges and how fares are changing. The conversation also touches on how the war is straining energy in Asia and which companies face new risks.
AI Snips
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
Tech Companies Named As Potential Targets
- Iran threatened regional attacks on U.S. businesses named by semi-official agencies, including Microsoft, Google, Intel, Tesla, and Boeing.
- Iran warned employees to leave workplaces and attacks would begin at 8 p.m. local time, highlighting data-center and cloud vulnerability after earlier drone damage to Amazon sites.
Cloud Redundancy Still Vulnerable To Regional Attacks
- Data centers are large complexes not built for military attack, so cloud redundancies can still fail if multiple locations are hit.
- Early-war drone strikes damaged three Amazon data centers in the Gulf, showing real outage risk for tech services.
Airfares Rise As Jet Fuel Doubles
- Jet fuel prices more than doubled, causing airlines to raise fares and add large fuel surcharges on international routes.
- Example: a London round trip fuel surcharge rose from about $300 in February to $800 recently, hitting premium and budget fares alike.