{"id":77790,"date":"2022-05-30T00:45:04","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T04:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=77790"},"modified":"2022-05-30T22:46:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T02:46:43","slug":"sri-lanka-is-recommending-airlines-to-carry-enough-jet-fuel-to-last-return-trips-or-re-fuel-elsewheresrilankan-airlines-emirates-are-among-carriers-forced-to-fill-up-overseas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=77790","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka is recommending airlines to carry enough jet fuel to last return trips or re-fuel elsewhere;SriLankan Airlines ,Emirates, are among carriers forced to fill up overseas"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Anusha Ondaatjie<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sri Lanka is recommending airlines carry enough jet fuel to last return trips or fill up elsewhere, as the island grapples with a shortage of everything from oil to food due to a foreign-exchange crisis. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve asked airlines to carry the required fuel while operating to Sri Lanka, because there is a shortage of aviation fuel, and we have to manage the situation,\u201d Rayhan Wanniappa, a director of Sri Lanka\u2019s Civil Aviation Authority, said in a phone interview Monday. \u201cAirlines are bringing certain additional supplies, while we are also providing from our stocks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Airlines that fly to Sri Lanka, including Dubai\u2019s Emirates Airline are tankering — carrying more fuel than required — while the island\u2019s flag carrier is using the Southern Indian city of Chennai and Dubai to refuel for long-haul flights, people familiar with the matter said, declining to be identified as plans are confidential. There\u2019s increased refueling at southern Indian airports by international flights to and from Colombo to offset the shortage, according to an official at Indian Oil Corp.<\/p>\n

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Sri Lanka has been plagued by a dearth of necessary items, power cuts and rampant inflation, leading to public protests calling for the ouster of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The country defaulted on its foreign debt for the first time this month, and has started bailout talks with the International Monetary Fund.<\/p>\n

SriLankan has taken measures for minimum interruption to flight schedules, a spokesman for the airline said. The steps include fuel tankering and refueling aircraft through technical stops at foreign airports, he said. <\/p>\n

Singapore Airlines Ltd. is uplifting additional fuel on flights departing Singapore to Sri Lanka due to the shortage, a representative said in an email. Emirates didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been no effect in airport and airline operations,\u201d said G.A. Chandrasiri, chairman of the Airport and Aviation Services, that operates the main airport in Colombo. \u201cThis is just a preventive measure.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Indian ocean nation has been trying to come up with cash to pay for oil that\u2019s been sitting on tankers off its coast as its fuel crunch persists. The country\u2019s sole refinery is attempting to restart after three months of shutdown, with crude supplies from Russia which it hopes to refine into usable fuel. <\/p>\n

Courtesy:Bloomberg.com<\/p>\n

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By Anusha Ondaatjie Sri Lanka is recommending airlines carry enough jet fuel to last return trips or fill up elsewhere, as the island grapples with a shortage of everything from oil to food due to a foreign-exchange crisis. \u201cWe\u2019ve asked airlines to carry the required fuel while operating to Sri Lanka, because there is a …<\/p>\n

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