Fuel

News and developments about aviation fuel, including jet fuel, aviation gasoline, and biofuel.

Fuel

Episode 23: DEF Contamination | AIN's Tales from the Flight Deck Podcast

You can’t see it, you can’t smell it and you won’t know about it—until the contents of your fuel tanks begin to crystallize.
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Charter & Fractional

Charter Broker Victor Vows Softer Environmental Impact

Victor pledges reduction in carbon emissions from charter flights, promotion of sustainable alternative fuels.
Aircraft

Transavia To Test New Fuel-efficiency Solution

Low-cost carrier Transavia teams up with OpenAirlines to launch real time and in-flight fuel-saving application for the cockpit.
FBOs

Aviation Industry Task Group Issues DEF Report

After a series of three recent jet fuel contamination incidents, a consortium led by the aviation alphabet groups has issued recommendations to avoid more.
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Environment

Valcora Shows Its Green Side

The Swiss fuel provider has contributed directly to the support of wildlife conservation projects around the globe.
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Environment

Air BP Supports Alternative Aviation Fuel Initiative

The fuel provider supplied SAFJ to France's Caen-Carpiquet and Sweden's Stockholm-Arlanda Airports ahead of the fly-in to Geneva
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Fuel

World Fuel Expands European Footprint

The U.S.-based fuel provider has won fuel supply tenders at two French airports.
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Fuel

European Fuel Test Vendor Opens Online Store

Geneva-based MPlanes has made it easier for aviation fuel providers and users to obtain the FUELSTAT Resinae Plus microbial contamination test kit.
FBOs

Caribbean FBO Joins Avfuel Network

Blue Heron Aviation on the Caribbean's Turks and Caicos islands, is the latest independent FBO to become a branded Avfuel dealer.
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FBOs

Avfuel Highlights Dealer Network at EBACE

The U.S. fuel provider has brought a contingent of its Avfuel-branded dealer network to Geneva to meet with existing and potential customers.
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Engines

Business Aircraft Operators Need To 'Demand' Biofuel

The Technical Panel at the SAJF Farnborough event on May 18 proved illuminating, focusing on calls for operators to lead the way.
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Fuel

Sustainable Fuel Powers Flights to Geneva

While demand for sustainable alternative jet fuel is tiny now, publicity about the benefits will help promote its use.
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Aircraft

Gulfstream G550 Goes Fast on the Green Stuff

Gulfstream's G550 set an SAFJ-powered city-pair speed record en route to EBACE.
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Environment

CORSIA Offsetting Machinery Starts To Take Shape

AIN provides a brief guide to CORSIA facts and dates for business aircraft operators.
Environment

Bizav Makes Strides in SAJF Utilization

One year since the debut of the Business Aviation Guide to the Use of Sustainable Alternative Jet Fuel, the industry moves forward towards SAJF acceptance
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Environment

EBACE Events Show Bizav SAJF Readiness

Held at London-area TAG Farnborough Airport, the event, a sequel to January's SAJF debut at Van Nuys, provided a showcase for the fuel ahead of EBACE.
Environment

Europe To Host SAJF Event Ahead of EBACE

Similar to the event held in January at California's Van Nuys Airport, Geneva-bound aircraft will be able to fill up on SAJF at several airports.
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Fuel

Swiss Online Fueling Service Expands to Africa

Valcora has opened an office in Johannesburg, to support the growing need for reliable fuel purchasing options.
Environment

Avfuel To Offer SAJF to EBACE-bound Aircraft

The fuel provider will supply a New York-area FBO with the blended biofuel, for those looking to reduce their carbon footprint on their way to Europe.
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Airports

Avfuel Adds Texas Airport to Branded Dealer Network

Houston-area Texas Gulf Coast Regional Airport is the latest to join the fuel supplier's family.
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Environment

Aviation Groups Lobby for Biodiesel Incentive Extension

Extension of the biodiesel fuel tax incentive will sustain and grow nascent sustainable alternative jet fuel production, aviation groups say.
FBOs

Arizona Airport Joins World Fuel Network

Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, and its owned and operated FBO, Gateway Aviation Services, will now accept World Fuel's contract fuel program and Avcard.
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Environment

IBAC To Participate in Sustainable Fuel Conference

The ICAO-sponsored event will attract attendees from all segments of the aviation fuel chain, to Montreal at the end of April.
Environment

New Study Sees Competitive SAFJ Prices in Future

A recent study by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory says that with tweaks to the production process, biofuels could be priced at a par with Jet A.
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FBOs

Avfuel Adds Two New Dealers

The Ann Arbor, Mich.-based fuel provider welcomes new FBOs in Texas and California to its more than 650 location branded dealer network
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FBOs

GMSTEK Rolls Out New Fuel Order Processing App

Designed to dovetail with the company's X-1FBO management platform, the new fuel order processing app aims to eliminate errors and speed transactions
FBOs

CAA Sees Strong Growth in Membership, Network

The Corporate Aircraft Association, which negotiates fuel discounts on behalf of its Part 91 members, will soon add five new FBOs to its preferred network
FBOs

American Aero Nets Everest Fuel Award for Excellence

American Aero FTW at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport is among the first FBOs to receive the inaugural Everest Fuel Preferred Award.
FBOs

World Fuel Earns London Oxford Fueling Contract

The Miami fuel provider extended its reach in the London area, with a five-year fuel and training contract for London Oxford Airport and London Heliport.
Fuel

Garmin Adds More Functionality to FltLogic Service

Additional FltLogic features include an FBO fuel-price comparison tool, filters to generate different flight department reports.