Nigeria's local airlines face fuel crisis - African Business
The increasing costs of imported jet fuel and the country’s lack of local manufacturing capacity are weighing heavily on the country’s air operators.
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The increasing costs of imported jet fuel and the country’s lack of local manufacturing capacity are weighing heavily on the country’s air operators.
For the second time in two months, the National Assembly on Monday, summoned airline operators, oil marketers, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to a round-table over soaring cost of jet fuel for which the operators threatened to shut down local air transport services.
DANA Air has is experiencing a scarcity of aviation fuel (Jet A1) across the airports in Nigeria, blaming the situation for flight delays
Dana Air says it is experiencing a scarcity of aviation fuel across airports in Nigeria, which has led to recent flight delays.
The Speaker recalled that certain resolutions that included the sale of aviation fuel at N500 per litre and the granting of aviation fuel import license to the operators