Delta confirms it will sell jet fuel

Delta Air Lines has confirmed that it will sell jet fuel following its purchase of the Trainer refinery in Pennsylvania, USA, in April. “We’re probably the largest private purchaser of jet fuel in the United States but we don’t get to participate in the pricing function,” said Richard Anderson, CEO of Delta, at the company’s AGM. “It’s our intention to begin to participate in the pricing function and put a lot of downward pressure on the cost of refining a barrel of jet fuel.” The Trainer refinery will produce 52,000 barrels a day (equivalent) of jet fuel, and will exchange