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Platts worldwide jet fuel

Tonne $947.75

Liter $0.95

Gallon $2.86

Barrel $120.02

2026 Mar 02

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Markets

Persian Gulf off-limits

2026 Mar 02

Container shipping liner operators re-directing fleets around Africa; Persian Gulf now off-limits; CMA CGM imposing immediate conflict surcharges covering all Red Sea ports; Emirates Jebel Ali port major trans-shipment node closed with no viable alternatives.

Markets

Supernal eVTOL developer

2026 Mar 02

Hyundai owned Supernal laid off majority of staff following development pause 2025 Sep; Supernal’s SA-2 eVTOL designed to transport four pax up to 96 km.

Frontiers

Hypersonic test flight completed

2026 Mar 02

Hypersonix Launch Systems completed first flight of DAR AE uncrewed hypersonic demonstrator aircraft, lifted to sub-orbital altitude bY Rocket Lab’s HASTE launch vehicle; DART AE aimed to reach speed of Mach 12.

Frontiers

Aura Aero hybrid airliner first order

2026 Mar 02

Pan Europeenne Air Service placed firm order for Aura Aero’s ERA hybrid-electric regional aircraft, available 2030; ERA seats 19, range 1,500 km, runway 800 m; Aura Aero reports LOI with 16 operators for 700+ aircraft.

Markets

Aircraft brief: B787-9

2026 Mar 02

B789 widebody, built 722 on-order 65 active 712 units, all Pax cabins, operators 57; engines GEnx 474, Trent1000 238; build 2013-Present TC 2014 EIS 2014; predecessor none, competitor A339 A359, successor none; seats 420 max typ 260-380, payload range 13,950 km; family B788 B789 B78X; see AirLibrary website for B787-9 characteristics, operators, counts, values.

Markets

Glossary highlight: Mach

2026 Mar 02

Mach represents ratio (not measure) between velocity of flight and speed of sound, in local conditions such as air density; less than Mach 0.8 subsonic, Mach 0.8 to Mach 1.2 transonic, more than Mach 1.2 supersonic; Mach 5 or higher hypersonic.

Frontiers

Flight tracking partnership

2026 Mar 02

FlightRadar24 partnered with Aireon providing space based ADS-B data to improve ocean and remote area flight tracking coverage.

Markets

Air passenger demand 2026 Jan

2026 Mar 02

Air passenger RPK demand +3.8%, international 5.9%; air passenger ASK capacity +3.5%, international +5.8%, YoY during 2026 Jan; world market share: AFR 2.2%, APAC 34.4%, EUR 26.7%, SAM 5.4%, MID 9.5%, NAM 21.4%.

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