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Platts worldwide jet fuel

Tonne $1,326.11

Liter $1.33

Gallon $4.00

Barrel $167.93

2026 Mar 11

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Robinson TurbineTruck R66

2026 Mar 11

Robinson Helicopter announced autonomous R66 variant, TurbineTruck, light-single equipped to transport loads up to 680 kg; standard range 480-640 km cruising 204-232 kmh.

Markets

Report: Conflict in the Middle East

2026 Mar 11

Airline Economics www.aviationews-online.com report: premium. ME disruptions since start of crisis affected more than 50k scheduled flights and 300k+ pax, 25k+ flights cancelled, DXB AUH DOH hubs shut for days; airport restrictions delaying flights, flights re-routed longer; jet fuel prices rising above 50%; aircraft/crew grounded, aircraft utilization down; network viability pressured or broken; aircraft lease values and structures at risk.

Markets

Airlines surging scheduled flights

2026 Mar 11

While major MidEast airlines flights curtailed, airlines surging short-term capacity on direct routes between Europe and East Asia by adding several flight sections on East-West routes.

Frontiers

Difference between B777 engines

2026 Mar 11

B772 B773 GE90 engines shifting for B778 B779 to larger more complex GE9X with less thrust due to composite wing, extending time-on-wing by running cooler plus 10% less fuel burn; specs: GE90 thrust 513 kN, fan dia 340 cm blades 22, BPR 9:1 compressor 9 stages; GE9X thrust 445 kN, fan dia 325 cm blades 16, BPR 10:1 compressor 11 stages.

Frontiers

Peru modernizing regional airports

2026 Mar 11

Peru signing new trade agreements and modernizing regional airports infrastructure to improve connectivity as means of exploiting location between North/South Americas; currently 23% of exports transported by air.

Markets

Glossary highlight: ADS-B

2026 Mar 11

Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast enables aircraft nav sensors to determine GPS position and aircraft transponder to periodically broadcast position enabling flight tracking; transponder info acquired by ATC and commercial receivers; ‘ADS-B Out’ broadcasts info for tracking position altitude velocity, ‘ADS-B In’ receives info about traffic and weather; ADS-B aimed to replace SSR secondary surveillance radar and eventually equip with ACAS function.

Markets

Ocean vessels and loads in MidEast

2026 Mar 11

Hundreds of vessels and 10k+ merchant mariners trapped inside Persian Gulf during Hormuz blockade, with diesel fuel posting largest single-week increase in 32 yrs; S&P tracked strait transit of 91 ships on Feb 28 compared with four ships on Mar 08, estimating 3m barrels loaded Mar 08 vs typical 20m barrels, straining storage capacity and forcing shutdowns with re-starts measured in weeks or months.

Frontiers

Tunis airport upgrade

2026 Mar 11

Tunis-Carthage international airport TUN expansion, upgrading airport infrastructure, to enable annual capacity of 18.5m pax by 2031; traffic 11.0m international pax in 2025; North Africa largest aviation market in Africa; TUN airport ranked 10th in Africa.

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