LISBON

[EagleStar]

LISBON (Reuters) - Lisbon's main airport has run out of fuel because of a strike by truck drivers, causing flight delays but no cancellations, a spokesman for Portugal's airport authority said on Wednesday.
"There are no (fuel) supplies for airplanes at Portela airport, only for emergency, military and state flights," the spokesman said.
He said airlines were filling up their planes by stopping at other airports, such as in Porto
Portuguese and Spanish truck drivers went on strike on Monday in protest at high fuel prices. Retailers have said food stocks at supermarkets are beginning to run out.
Several petrol stations in Lisbon ran out of petrol on Wednesday and there were long queues at others as drivers tried to fill up their cars
Police have said they will offer to escort some trucks to ensure they can get through picket lines.

EagleStar

[FlyboyUK]

Talking to the refullers at BHX this morning, the issue will not affect aviation, it is to do with the sub-contracted company that supplies the petrol stations only.

[Loud&Clear]

They're saying that Oporto LPPR has a direct pipeline to feed the airport, leaving LPFR (Faro) and LPPT (Lisbon) without Jet A1 because it’s supplied by tanker trucks. Same trouble also affects LPCS (Cascais) with Jet A1 only available to medical evacuation helicopters.
If you're going to fly there, better check your fuel gauges.

[Charlie Roy]

Hoping this is an isolated incident

There's a school of thought that if such incidents were more widespread than isolated, then governments might stand up and act on soaring fuel prices by reducing duties for example.

[BYALPHAINDIA]

LOL there's more brains in a 'porkpie' than this gov't:ugh::=

There just sitting there watching it all fall down.:=

Anyone for Spain??:D

[Tediek]

Trucks are supplying an airport with fuel, isn't time now to change this to a pipeline. Good way to reduce C02.

[bia botal]

great idea there guys,,, the price of fuel goes up, and to show how pissed off you are about it, you stop giving it to us. brilliant.:ugh:

[HEisLEGEND]

it just showed how fragile we are..3 days of strike and caos was installed,no fuel,no food,etc..glad it´s over.