Jet Fuel Price Monitor

Each week IATA updates its jet fuel price index to provide the latest price data from the leading energy information provider Platts.  The weekly index and price data shows the global average price paid at the refinery for aviation jet fuel.

This week's price of aviation jet fuel:

 

Percentage change vs.

02-Jan-09

Index*

$/b

cts/gal

$/mt

1 week ago

1 month ago

1 year ago

Jet Fuel Price

167.3

61.2

145.7

482.2

13.0%

-5.3%

-47.2%

Sourced from Platts            * 100 in 2000 (87 cts/gal)

Impact on this year's fuel bill of the global airline industry:

New fuel price average for 2009

Impact on 2009 fuel bill

$61.2/b

-$45 billion

Estimated by IATA             IATA Methodology 

Terminology

  • $/b : US dollars per barrel
  • cts/gal : US cents per gallon
  • $/mt : US dollars per metric ton

The Jet Fuel Price Monitor is a joint IATA - Platts initiative

          
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