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The fire at the National Petroleum Refinery of South Africa earlier this year has now resulted in a huge race against time for OR Tambo Airport.
The Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) has confirmed that it is working to secure enough jet fuel for February to mitigate any flight disruption at OR Tambo International Airport (ORTIA). ACSA said it was able to secure continued fuel supply for January, following a fire at the National Petroleum Refinery of South Africa (NATREF) earlier this year.
“ORTIA currently has 27.1 million litres of jet fuel available. The airport is currently using about 3.6 million litres of jet fuel per day which means that there are about 7.6 days of supply available until the week ending 2 February,” ACSA said.
The Fuel Industry Association of Southern Africa (FIASA), NATAF industry partners and government agencies, including ACSA, are working with the Central Energy Fund, Strategic Fuels Fund, Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources, Transnet Pipelines, Transnet Freight Rail and other state-owned energy companies to find jet fuel for February.
ACSA has put contingency plans in place, such as sourcing fuel from other airports via tankers to manage fuel needs.
“We are engaging all stakeholders to deal with the shortage caused by the NATAF fire and build up fuel reserves; we have requested Transnet to prioritise the movement of fuel supplies from Durban to Gauteng as soon as imported volumes arrive and in collaboration with the fuel industry, we are working to build up more stock at King Shaka International Airport which has higher fuel capacity than its daily consumption,” ACSA said.
CSA said for smooth connection between flights, passengers should allocate enough time between arrival and departure of the next flight.
“Each airline sets minimum connection times at each airport. Domestic flights usually take an hour to join another flight. International flights take longer due to immigration, customs requirements. Larger airports will require a longer time than small airports,” ACSA said.
source:Follow-up: Fuel supply to OR Tambo International Airport remains a concern – Volkskrag News
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