Fuel News

European validation extends existing FAA fuel approvals to more piston aircraft and engines.

Jet A and 100LL prices reached new six-month highs in September.

Fuel-price data show wide regional differences, with Alaska averaging more than $11 per gallon.

Leaded avgas remains exempt from an 11-cent-per-liter federal excise tax before rates begin returning in February.

Pitt Meadows wants to know whether Canada will follow the U.S. toward a 2030 unleaded-avgas target.

Infinium produced the fuel using waste carbon dioxide and renewable electricity.

The company plans to use the funding to develop a commercial demonstration plant targeted for 2028.

The roadmap retains the 2030 goal while leaving the detailed schedules for its national and Alaska phases unsettled.

The agency has not changed the 2030 target, though its deputy administrator described the current schedule as aggressive.

Evaluation will focus on higher-compression Continental and Lycoming engines.