US jet production is rising to meet growing demand as cautious fliers return to the sky amid the loosening of coronavirus lockdown restrictions, government inventory data showed June 17. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Jet demand rose 11% for the week ended June 12 to reach 788,000 b/d, according to weekly Energy Information Administration data. This is considerably higher than the 352,000 b/d reported the week ended May 8 — the weakest rate since the EIA began collecting the data in 1982. Despite the increase, demand for the fuel is still half of what it was in the beginning of 2020. “Passenger counts have begun to grow over the last month, topping the 500,000 mark this past weekend and are up […]