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Old May 16, 2008 | 10:04 am
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Originally Posted by RCyyz
Interesting. To take things a bit further, according to IATA (website link) aviation fuel is currently running at $158.6 per barrel. There are approx 117 litres per barrel so that translates to $1.3515 per litre.

Therefore the YVR - SYD run would cost about $802 in fuel.
An 'oil barrel' is 42 US Gal (159 litres), so the number you're looking for is almost exactly $1.00/litre

The value of lbs/gallon for Jet Fuel is 21.095 lb/USgal (*1)
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