A meeting of importers of aviation fuel will soon be convened to address all challenges impeding the seamless supply of the product, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu has said.
Kachikwu said this when he received the Minister of State for Aviation,Senator Hadi Sirika during a visit to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Towers, Abuja on Tuesday.
Airline operators have been forced to delay or cancel hundreds of flights following their inability to source the volume of aviation fuel required for flights operations. work together to eliminate the noticeable challenge faced by airline operators in accessing aviation fuel for their daily operations.
In his remarks, Senator Sirika noted that the need to ensure availability of JET A1 fuel has become imperative considering the fact that the product accounts for about 45 percent of the total cost of operation.
