New Delhi/Mumbai, March 3, 2026 — State-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI) has directed all international airport operators to submit details of current fuel stocks and estimated fuel requirements for the coming seven days, sources said. The request, made amid an escalating crisis in the Middle East, is described by officials as a precautionary measure to assess aviation fuel availability across the country.
Acting on directions from the civil aviation ministry, AAI asked operators to report the present fuel supply status, average daily fuel consumption, projected fuel needs for the next seven days and the date of the next scheduled replenishment. The measure is intended to help authorities monitor supply risk and plan contingencies if disruptions to global oil shipments occur.
India has 33 international airports, including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai. According to ministry data, on March 2 there were 355 international departures and 344 international arrivals at Indian airports.
The advisory follows reports of attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, a key corridor for global energy shipments. About one-third of the world’s seaborne crude exports and roughly 20% of liquefied natural gas shipments transit the Strait, which lies between Oman and Iran and links the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.