In article ,
says...


its been that price for the last year.

Well - not really. The price a year ago was about $6, so it's still up 25%.


Despite the fuel price rises the fall of the dollar against the Euro has kept
the price relatively stable.

It works both ways. The fall of the dollar has the effect of exaggerating the
cost increase, expressed in dollars. In EUROS, avgas has gone from about
1.30/l last year to 1.52/l today - a 17% increase. But since the dollar has
dropped from.833 to .77, the expressed result in dollars is exggerated. An
American travelling to Europe for some recreational flying would have paid
$6/gal a year ago, and $7.50/gal today, a 25% increase, expressed in dollars.

Just checked the rental price of a C-172R at a flying club outside Paris.
It's EUR149 ($194)/hr.

G Faris