New Delhi, April 8 -- Global jet fuel markets are unlikely to stabilise quickly despite a tentative reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, with the head of the International Air Transport Association warning that supply disruptions caused by the Middle East conflict will take months-not weeks-to resolve.

Even as the US-Iran ceasefire raises hopes of restored oil flows, the deeper damage lies in refining capacity across the region.

"It will still take a period of months to get back to where supply needs to be given the disruption to the refining capacity in the Middle East," said Willie Walsh, director general of IATA.

He added: "I don't think it's going to happen in weeks," underscoring the prolonged nature of the recovery.

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