Just looking at an invoice for fuel for our corporate plane. Jet A is shown as $3.22 per gallon. But there is an additional $1.49 per gallon noted as an "into plane fee". I wonder if we can avoid that fee somehow.
Just looking at an invoice for fuel for our corporate plane. Jet A is shown as $3.22 per gallon. But there is an additional $1.49 per gallon noted as an "into plane fee". I wonder if we can avoid that fee somehow.
Just looking at an invoice for fuel for our corporate plane. Jet A is shown as $3.22 per gallon. But there is an additional $1.49 per gallon noted as an "into plane fee". I wonder if we can avoid that fee somehow.
On contract fuel,frequently the FBO is not selling you the fuel, they are putting your contract partner's fuel into the plane and they get paid to put it into the plane. The contract partner replaces the fuel to the FBO. The alternative is that you buy the FBO's fuel at their cost plus their mark-up. My current price is $4.99, cheaper than over half of the full service airports within 100NM and way cheaper than big city airports but still more than you paid.
A lot of airlines have fuel contracts with suppliers and don't buy the fuel from the FBO or airport. There is a separate contract with the fuel farm/operator/fueler to store and pump the fuel into the airplane.
Sounds like some corp flight depts have the same kind of deal.
Several resellers offer such an arrangement. Colt is one of the major players.