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Platts worldwide jet fuel

Tonne $1,373.35

Liter $1.37

Gallon $4.14

Barrel $173.91

2026 Mar 09

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Frontiers

Major Australia airports improvements

2026 Mar 09

Australia’s major airport Brisbane BNE, Melbourne MEL, Perth PER, Sydney SYD, 2024-2025 projects underway to expand capacity, upgrade terminals, improve access; upcoming: BNE 3rd terminal, MEL 3rd runway, PER new terminal and parallel runway, SYD integrating T2 T3 domestic terminals.

Forecasts

Business jet deliveries 2026

2026 Mar 09

IBA forecast business jet deliveries +6.5% YoY, prediciting 884 deliveries during 2026, composed: very light 108, light/super-light 245, mid-size 91, super mid-size 156, large cabin 92, large/ultra-long 192; share: Airbus 1%, Bombardier 19%, Dassault 5%, Embraer 20%, Honda 1%, Pilatus 16%, Gulfstream 18%, Textron 20%; growing backlog of multi-aircraft commitments made by large fleet operators such as Flexjet, NetJets, Vistajet.

Frontiers

First Embraer E-Freighter EIS

2026 Mar 09

Bridges Air Cargo completed first commercial flight of E190F on 2026 Mar 09 with intent to serve EMEA region; E190F utilizes bespoke container to transport max payload 10.7 tonnes.

Markets

Airline brief: LOT Polish Airlines

2026 Mar 09

LOT Polish LO LOT www.lot.com; Poland air carrier 1929-Present; active AOC flying 90 aircraft pax models: B738 B38M B788 B789 E170 E175 E195 E295; scheduled airline, brands LOT Charters and LOT Cargo; parent Polish Aviation Group; search AirLibrary for engines, variants, developments, capacities.

Markets

Glossary highlight: Freedoms

2026 Mar 09

1st Overflight, 2nd Tech Stop, 3rd Home to Foreign, 4th Foreign to Home, 5th Foreign A to Foreign B to Home, 6th Foreign A to Home to Foreign B, 7th Foreign A to Foreign B, 8th Foreign A to Foreign A to Home or v.v., 9th Foreign A to Foreign A.

Frontiers

LEAP engine durability kits

2026 Mar 09

GE Aerosplace expanding manufacturing capacity for LEAP engine durability kits to improve time-on-wing by more than 2x in hot/harsh conditions.

Frontiers

RTX advances hybrid-electric aircraft

2026 Mar 09

Demonstrator experimental power system activated, pairing PW Canada thermal engine, Collins 1-MW electric motor, H55 200 kW hour battery, with aim to deliver 30% improvement in fuel efficiency over advanced regional turboprop powered aircraft.

Frontiers

Open Fan engine test 2029

2026 Mar 09

European consortium launched initiative aimed for first Open Fan engine test flight 2029, targeting 20% improvement in fuel efficiency over current engines.

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