Nigeria: Insufficient fuel causes flight delay, cancellation at MMA

Flight delay and cancellation affected many passengers at the Lagos airport Monday, with domestic airline operators blaming it on insufficient aviation fuel. A reliable airline source told NAN that the problem was caused by the inability of petroleum tanker drivers to lift aviation fuel from Apapa as a result of gridlock on that axis. The source noted that the problem, which was more pronounced Sunday, was, however, gradually abating as some marketers had been able to start trucking products to the airport. A Med-View Airline executive said it was a general problem faced by the airlines. “There is a general scarcity of aviation fuel. We have gotten a way around it to enable us continue our operations during the period, but we don’t know how long it will last,” he said. <br/>