Nairobi, Sept. 7 -- 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 A...