Fuel

News and developments about aviation fuel, including jet fuel, aviation gasoline, and biofuel.

Fuel

JetFuelX Aims To Make Jet Fuel Pricing More Transparent

JetFuelX operates with most major fuel vendors to provide a quickly searchable electronic database of fuel prices.
Airports

NBAA Advises Good Planning is Essential for South America

Business aircraft operators have their work cut out planning trips to South America, and even then things often change at short notice!
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Fuel

Swift To Bring 94-Octane Unleaded Fuel to Market

The company is introducing its Unleaded 94 MON avgas during AirVenture and is planning sessions on the fuel throughout the week.
Environment

United Takes $30 Million Stake in Biofuels Firm

Airline plans to participate in as many as five projects near its hubs
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Fuel

African Aviation Services touts “gateway” flight handling

Dubai-based firm has branches throughout Africa, speaks local languages
Fuel

NATA Aims To Improve Misfueling Awareness

On the heels of two fatal accidents, the association is seeking to strengthen FBO fueling protocols.
Fuel

GE Fuel Additive Cuts Flying Costs

Company estimates that the Army saved $69 million over 10 years by using the product at Fort Rucker.
Fuel

EASA Opens Rulemaking on Fuel Planning and Procedures

New rules would apply to multi-engine jet operations.
FBOs

Signature Flight Support Hosts Wx Center at SNF 2015

Company partnering with SkyVector to provide flight planning, weather and flight-plan filing for attendees at Sun 'n' Fun Fly-In.
Fuel

World Fuel To Open in Shanghai

The Florida-based fuel provider will add new Asian languages to its customer service offerings.
Fuel

Avianis Integrates with FuelerLinx

The Avianis client-relations platform can now accept fuel-management requests from the FuelerLinx fuel-management service.
Fuel

Epic and UAS Forge Alliance for Fuel

Customers will have access the companies' fuel networks.
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FBOs

Survey: FBOs Expect Stronger Fuel Sales in 2015

In its annual FBO business survey, Aviation Business Strategy Group reports “guarded optimism” among industry operators.
Fuel

Bristow Takes Long View of Oil Price Slide

The oil-and-gas company is proceeding with its commitments to buy and lease new helicopters.
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Fuel

Jet Fuel Shuffles in Line with Crude’s Price Drop

As crude oil continues its price slump, the effects on the price of jet fuel are beginning to be felt through the supply chain.
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Fuel

Air BP Expands In Africa

Air BP has installed the first 30,000-liter (7,925-gallon) avgas refueling tank at Nampula International Airport
Fuel

French Airport Taps Shell

Shell Aviation has been named the sole fuel provider at France’s Lille Airport.
Fuel

Fuel Supplier Adds to Roster

Six Landmark Aviation facilities have joined the Shell network.
Fuel

Florida FBO Joins Phillips Network

Suncoast Air Center at Florida’s Venice Municipal Airport is the latest service provider to sign on with Phillips 66 as an aviation fuel dealer.
Fuel

Lower Fuel Prices Are Good News, Bad News for Aviation

Declining fuel costs will prove a benefit to the smaller end of the general aviation market, but could be a negative to airliner OEMs.
FBOs

California Fuel Companies Settle Leaded Avgas Dispute

The agreement between fuel providers and the Center for Environmental Health requires the fuel distributors to warn residents living near airports.
Fuel

Brazil OKs Jet Biofuel from Amyris

Authorization will allow commercialization of the sugarcane-based fuel in blends of up to 10 percent.
FBOs

Colt buy give WFS bigger regional presence

World Fuel Services believes Middle East customers are becoming more cost-conscious, as aircraft become more efficient.
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Fuel

CAE, Lider Aviacao Now Offering Sikorsky S-76 Training in São Paulo

Program is an extension of the joint venture between CAE and Lider, and will support flight training for Lider’s S-76 pilots.
Environment

Boeing Conducts World’s First Flight with ‘Green Diesel’

787 ecoDemonstrator flies with vegetable oil- and animal fat-based biofuel.
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Finance, Taxes, Insurance

FAA: Local Aviation Fuel Taxes for Aviation Use Only

Policy formally adopts 1987 interpretation calling for state and local aviation fuel taxes to be used for aviation or airport programs.
FBOs

Air BP Strengthens Scottish Network with Gama Aviation Glasgow

Air BP will supply fuel to Gama clients and Air BP Sterling cardholders at Gama Aviation’s executive aviation terminal.
Fuel

ConocoPhillips: ScanEagle Ditches on Second Test Flight

ConocoPhillips: ScanEagle Ditches on Second Test Flight
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FBOs

American Aero FBO Helps Support Navy Seals

The program, dubbed “Red, White and Blue,” is in place at American Aero’s Meacham International Airport.