INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
On a wing and a prayer for OR Tambo’s fuel supply
International airlines are praying that OR Tambo can fix its jet fuel crisis after floods disrupted logistics
12 May 2022 - 05:00
The end of the SA Petroleum Refineries (Sapref) joint venture in Durban, followed by the cataclysmic flooding, have sparked a crisis for SA’s international air links and revealed the absence of a fuel-supply backup plan.
When Shell Refining SA and BP Southern Africa ended their participation in Sapref — SA’s biggest refinery — in March, few could have foreseen how this business decision and the weather on the coast would combine to affect the country’s busiest airport, OR Tambo. ..
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