Some passengers have been stuck at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport as aircraft companies compete for aviation fuel, which is in short supply.
Aviation fuel, also known as Jet-A1, is a specialized type of petroleum-based fuel used to power airplanes that often accounts for more than 30% of an airline’s operating costs.
Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport.
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In several Nigerian airports, the price of Jet A1, often known as aviation gasoline, has climbed to N700 per litre.
Some merchants, according to airline operators, were hoarding the gasoline.
Marketers, they claim, are creating an artificial shortage of the commodity across the country.
Passengers on Air Peace and Dana Air were stuck for many hours at the Abuja airport on Sunday due to a lack of fuel to fly the planes to their respective destinations, according to Newsmen.
“Air Peace flights from Abuja to Lagos and Dana Air flights from Abuja to Port Harcourt are also disrupted.”
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“Passengers have been stuck for more than two hours due to a shortage of fuel,” an airport source told Newsmen on Sunday.
Due to a “prolonged scarcity of aviation fuel” and a rise in the product price, Nigerian airlines warned customers last week that flight interruptions were probable.
According to Allen Onyema, chief executive officer of Air Peace, who spoke for airline operators, the price of aviation fuel moved from N190 per litre to N670 per litre.
Onyema said the operators would have shut down operations if not for the political season and to support the current administration that had been supportive of the sector.
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