Electric Aviation Won't Kill Jet Fuel - But It Could Take the Best Routes First

Aviation is often treated as one of oil's safest remaining markets. In 2026 that still looks like a reasonable assumption. Airlines are expected to consume around 104 billion gallons of fuel this year, sustainable aviation fuel remains below 1% of total use, and virtually every commercial passenger aircraft in service still depends on liquid hydrocarbons. But that view risks making the same mistake the oil industry made with cars: looking at the installed fleet rather than at the technology competing for the next route. On July 30, Archer's all-electric…