Executives attribute the drop-off to rising jet fuel prices, combined with declining air travel.
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Somewhere around the 25th floor we began to smell jet fuel and a lot of it.
High labor costs and the punishing price of jet fuel make the math even more harrowing.
When economies expand, more gasoline, diesel and jet fuel are consumed by shippers and travelers.
Jet fuel is kerosene, so it does not have an octane rating but a cetane rating.
When gold prices come down, jet fuel prices will follow, and so will air fares.
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Airlines, for example, have been hit hard by the surge in the price of jet fuel.
There is no single study that compares jet fuel use for passenger flights versus air freight shipping.
But there's no smell of jet fuel, no roar of engines, and no sign of a runway.
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That includes such diverse items as civilian pay, ship maintenance, facilities upkeep, professional training and jet fuel.
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Valero Energy , a refiner that processes lower quality crude oil into products like gasoline and jet fuel.
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There is no hope for any hydrotreated fuel to come anywhere near conventional diesel or jet fuel prices.
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Because people are fatter, airlines spend more on jet fuel, and the obese themselves spend more on gas.
It collects and analyzes the cost of jet fuel at airports around the globe, suggesting the best prices.
And the increased price of jet fuel only adds to the incentive to shut out frequent flier members.
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The company has shipped its jet fuel to the Air Force, which has tested it in A-10 aircraft.
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Even without the discounts UAL was burning through money faster than jet fuel.
For example, Kinder has a virtual monopoly in moving gasoline and jet fuel from California to Arizona and Nevada.
In 2000, U.S. airlines burned 28.6 gallons of jet fuel per passenger, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
If the dollar were stabilized, jet fuel prices would likely decline to less than half of their current levels.
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The 6-acre site uses three gas turbines, cousins of those that (using jet fuel instead) go on a Boeing 747.
In fact, the Air Force is aiming to get half of its domestic jet fuel from alternative sources by 2016.
Despite robust sales gains, the cost of jet fuel caused net income to fall short of Wall Street forecasts.
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We are working on ways to convert that feedstock in to drop in substantive fuels -- diesel gasoline, jet fuel.
And, of course, that is jet fuel that is going to be so important as the A-10s come here to fly.
In 2004, gasoline accounted for 46.8% of refinery yields, distillate fuel oil accounted for 23.9% and jet fuel accounted for 9.7%.
The state-owned monopoly that provided jet fuel refused to service private carriers on the same generous terms given the big three.
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For the past 22 years, jet fuel prices have oscillated around an average level of 0.0021 ounces of gold per gallon.
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As both jet fuel prices and average weight have increased over the last few decades, airlines are largely stuck paying the price.
Much of the Pentagon's fuel goes to the air force, however, and reducing the consumption of jet fuel is much more difficult.
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