Showing posts with label Fuel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fuel. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 7, 2013

■ KENYA: Mass delays at Nairobi JKIA after pipeline fault starves airport of Jet A1.

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Nearly two thousand passengers, among them 49 athletes from the Kenyan athletics team heading to the IAAF Athletics World Championships i...
Thursday, July 25, 2013

■ NIGERIA: Jet A1 fuel shortage hits the country; Abuja, Lagos worst affected.

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For the last two days, Nigeria has been hit by a scarcity of Jet A1 aviation fuel, triggering numerous flight delays in some of the nation&...
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

■ KENYA: Gulf Energy planning to build new Fuel facility at Nairobi Wilson airport.

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Gulf Energy has announced plans to construct a USD250'000 (KAS20million) aircraft fuelling facility on land leased from the Kenyan Ai...
Monday, June 24, 2013

■ KENYA: Kenya Airways considers setting up own fuel hedging firm.

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Kenya Airways (KQ) is considering setting up a fuel procurement company as part of extensive measures aimed at stemming mounting losses i...
Monday, April 8, 2013

■ TUNISIA: Air BP, AGIL sign agreement covering 7 major airports.

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Aviation fuel supplier, Air BP is to enter the Tunisian aviation fuel sector through the signing of a Commercial and Technical Service Ag...
Sunday, March 10, 2013

■ NAMIBIA: Air Namibia settles its bill with Engen; Frankfurt nonstop resumes.

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Air Namibia's (SW) has settled its outstanding debt with fuel supplier, South African based Engen. Fuel bills have continuously hurt th...
Friday, February 22, 2013

■ BOTSWANA: Puma Energy Co. opens new $3mln fuel storage depot at Maun International Airport.

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Puma Energy Co. today commissioned a USD3million (BWP27million) aviation fuelling facility at Maun International Airport, northern Botswa...
Sunday, February 17, 2013

■ GHANA: Fuel shortages ground domestic airlines 'til Tuesday; international operators forced to make other plans.

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An ongoing jet fuel crisis caused by supply problems in Togo and exacerbated by lack of reserve at the national oil refinery in Tema, has...
Tuesday, January 8, 2013

■ ANGOLA: TAAG's first Green Initative pays off handsomely with savings of $35mln.

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Angolan national carrier, TAAG Linhas Aéreas de Angola (DT), over the period between November 2011 and late 2012, was able to save USD35...
Sunday, January 6, 2013

■ SOUTH AFRICA: SAA gets another USD64million bailout as poor fuel sourcing deals return to haunt the carrier.

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South African Airways' (SA) perennial problems with sourcing competitively priced Jet A1 fuel came back to haunt it once more as repo...
Friday, January 4, 2013

● KENYA: AFRAA launches Fuel Procurement Tender for 1bn litres of JetA1.

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The African Airlines Association's (AFRAA) has finalized its second bulk Jet A1 fuel tender awards for 2013 with volumes bo...
Friday, November 16, 2012

■■ SOUTH AFRICA: 7 million litres of fuel contaminated in pipeline to Joburg OR Tambo International.

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UPDATE [16 NOVEMBER 2012 19h00L] The Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) this morning issued a statement to the effect that fuel in its AV...