Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&amp;P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.

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Retail jet-A fuel prices in the U.S. climbed 19.2% last month, according to EFB app and flight planning company iFlightPlanner. This marks an average increase of $1.23 per gallon from February. Full-service 100LL avgas prices were up 5.9%, to $6.80 per gallon, and self-serve climbed 4.7%, to $5.69 per gallon.
The highest average prices last month were in Alaska, with jet-A at $8.96 per gallon and 100LL at $10.41 per gallon, both full-serve pricing. In the lower 48 states, the southern region had the highest average full-service jet-A price at $7.91 per gallon. The greatest increase was in the southwest U.S., with full-serve jet-A climbing 22.5% month over month.
iFlightPlanner’s information is based on retail prices from 3,347 FBOs and fuel service providers in the U.S. For all reported prices, the average age is 6.9 days, and 1,799 FBOs reported pricing information in the past seven days.
Most regions have self-serve jet-A available at some airports, and savings compared to full-serve can be more than $2 per gallon.

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