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Old 25th Nov 2010, 13:33
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Seems to be the case at a lot of places where avgas throughput has been dwindling. Companies have barely maintained the infrastructure and when a fault is identified, it gives them all the ammuntion they need to shut it off. Many airfields are going it alone and installing their own tanks and bowsers. Not a cheap undertaking but in the long term, cheaper than shipping drums accross the countryside.

Airservices refusing to NOTAM for fuel is always a problem. The fact that ERSA can take 2 issues for the revised information to be published doesn't help either.

If you are travelling accross country, ALWAYS ring the fuel agent to confirm availability.
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