Why is airplane fuel not taxed?

The point is that airplane fuel doesn't pay any tax, unlike what you put in your car, so the tax is meant to compensate for this disparity.

It was high-octane stuff, the most powerful airplane fuel to be found anywhere in the world.

It was a half-century-old monument to rail travel gasping for breath in a new atmosphere of airplane fuel and automobile gasoline.

The airplane fuel inside floods out onto the pavement, surrounding the plane.

Introducing her to such work, Mr. Giss recalled, was "like putting airplane fuel in a Chevrolet."

Higher prices for airplane fuel may make tickets more expensive quickly.

Maybe it was diesel oil wafting over from the naval station, or airplane fuel from the airport.

The plane, built in 1979, had a full load of 80 tons of airplane fuel.