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Liter $1.29

Gallon $3.89

Barrel $163.21

2026 May 15

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Frontiers

Zinc Airlines intent Launch A21N

2026 May 17

Zinc Airlines, Australia www.flyzinc.au, 2026-Present, intent Launch A21N operations, Time: To be confirmed.

Markets

World’s longest non-stop routes 2025

2026 May 17

Longest non-stop routes: 1 JFK-SIN SQ A359 15.3 km, 2 EWR-SIN SQ A359 15.3 km, 3 AKL-DOH QR A35K 14.5 km, 4 LHR-PER QF B789 14.5 km, 5 DFW-MEL QF B789 14.5 lkm, 6 CDG-PER QF B789 14.3 km, 7 AKL-JFK NZ B789 14.2 km, 8 AKL-DXB EK A380 14.2 km, 9 MEX-SZX CZ A359 14.1 km, 10 LAX-SIN SQ A359 14.1 km.

Frontiers

Ancillary flight disruption tool

2026 May 17

Wizz Air teamed with Hopper Technology Solutions to offer paid ancillary disruption assistance to proactively re-book pax on Wizz or competitor airline when flight delayed 2+ hrs or cancelled.

Forecasts

Global passenger market 2026 Apr

2026 May 17

Global capacity expected seats 504m seats +1%; ES-UK #1 international country pair 5.1m seats +8.7%; China fastest growing domestic market +4.1%; most frequency LATAM group +6.6%, YoY.

Frontiers

Noor Airways, Pakistan, intent startup

2026 May 17

Noor Airways, Pakistan, intent: startup, launch A320 operations Time: To be confirmed.

Markets

Airport brief: Perth PER

2026 May 17

Perth Airport PER YPPH; ICAO locator Y region APAC; airspace Oceania, country Australia AU AUS; owner Perth Airport Development Group, operator Perth Airport, operations CASA, traffic Airservices Australia; flights domestic international, passenger cargo, pax 14.8m 2025; longest runway 3/21 L3444 W45 H20 m, time UT+0800 AWST; website www.perthairport.com.au.

Markets

Airlines in Gulf schedule restoration

2026 May 16

Airlines in Gulf restored most freighter schedules, while passenger flights progressing with full flight restoration pending end of ME crisis.

Frontiers

Economy lie-flat sleeping pods

2026 May 16

Air New Zealand to introduce Skynest in 2026 May, offering lie-flat slleeping pods in Economy and Premium Economy on B788s between AKL and JFK, available for pax purchase of one 4-hour session per flight.

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