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Platts worldwide jet fuel

Tonne $1,470.79

Liter $1.47

Gallon $4.43

Barrel $186.25

2026 Apr 15

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Traffic and airports 2025

2026 Apr 15

According to ACI, total 2025 global pax 9.8b +3.6% YoY; top three airports: Atlanta ATL 106m pax, Dubai DXB 95m pax, Tokyo HND 92m pax; growth limited by infrastructure, slots, aircraft delivery backlogs, airspace navigation limits; international pax traffic 4.0b +5.9%; air cargo traffic +2.9% led by HKG PVG ANC; aircraft movements 102m +2.3% led by ORD ATL DFW.

Markets

Passenger traffic Europe > East Asia

2026 Apr 15

Since start of ME crisis, Europe carriers and airports esp Turkish Airlines and Istanbul airport experiencing very high load factors direct and connecting to East Asia, with capacity constrained by aircraft availability and bilateral restrictions.

Frontiers

Amazon acquiring Globalstar

2026 Apr 15

Amazon enters deal to acquire satellite operator Globalstar in 2027, to operate along side of Amazon satellites, supporting plans to develop direct-to-cell and direct-to-device services by 2028; Amazon launched 240+ satellites since 2025 aimed for 1,600 satellites by 2026 Jul; Globalstar’s 12+ satellites aimed for 54 satellites provides emergency SOS feature for Apple iPhones.

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%.

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.