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Platts worldwide jet fuel

Tonne $1,459.58

Liter $1.46

Gallon $4.40

Barrel $184.83

2026 Apr 14

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Markets

Seat cost and trip cost

2026 Apr 14

While lower seat costs opened larger markets, increase in aircraft size ie A321 B739 restricted airlines to routes capable of filling more seats; with larger markets saturated, airlines turning to narrowbodies with fewer seats ie A220 and E295 to serve smaller markets at lower seat costs.

Frontiers

IL-114-300 certification complete

2026 Apr 14

United Aircraft completed certification of IL-114-300; first three production aircraft delivery scheduled end 2026.

Frontiers

New MROs in West Africa

2026 Apr 14

Ethiopian Airlines partnering with Asky Airlines to develop MRO in West Africa, joining Aero Contractors’ existing and Air Peace’s developing MROs in Nigeria and Air Senegal’s developing MRO in Senegal; other Africa MROs: Egyptair’s in Egypt, Ethiopian Airlines’ in Ethiopia, Royal Air Maroc’s in Morocco, South African Airways’ in South Africa.

Markets

Top ten air cargo airports 2025

2026 Apr 14

By tonnes YoY: Hong Kong HKG 50.7m +2.7%, Shanghai PVG 4.1m +8.6%, Anchorage ANC 3.9m +4.2%, Louisville SDF 3.4m 13.5%, Miami MIA 3.1m +13.6%, Memphis MEM 3.0m -20.9%, Incheon ICN 3.0m +0.3%, Doha DOH 2.6m -0.1%, Guangzhou CAN 2.4m +2.4%.

Markets

Webinar: Aircraft leasing

2026 Apr 14

Cirium www.cirium.com webinar: Aircraft leasing in uncertain times, complimentary, 2026 Apr 29 Wed UT 1400.

Markets

Boeing deliveries 2026 Q1

2026 Apr 14

Boeing delivered 143 commercial airplanes during 2026 Q1 composed of B737 114 units, B767 3u, B777 8u, B787 15u.

Frontiers

IFE streaming licenses

2026 Apr 13

Controversy about location of pax streaming relative to inflight use, referred to as BYOL Bring Your Own License such as for Netflix, and whether airline to surcharge pax when access directly from streamer or via airline or aircraft server.

Frontiers

Tupolev Tu-454

2026 Apr 13

Tupolev presented concept of Tu-454 passenger aircraft as long range widebody powered by PD-26 engines, competing with A350 B787; no launch data announced.

Airline Plans & Developments

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