BA flies its own fuel to CT
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BA flies its own fuel to CT
News24.com: 18/10/2004
BA flies its own fuel to CT
Rajaa Azzakani
Johannesburg - Fuel restrictions have been in force since last week at Cape Town International - the country's second-largest airport.
By Friday, the situation was so desperate that British Airways/Comair flew extra fuel to Cape Town for its aircraft.
Extra fuel was also shipped from Durban to Cape Town in an attempt to alleviate the shortage.
Fuel giant Shell, which heads up the fuel agency at the airport, told Beeld on Monday that it would comment only on Tuesday.
Girish Gopal, acting chief executive of the Airports Company (Acsa) in Cape Town, confirmed that restrictions were being placed on aircraft.
Each aircraft is allowed the minimum amount of fuel to reach its destination.
Gopal said notices were sent to all the airlines to bring the fuel shortage to their attention.
'Problems at the Calref refinery'
"Most of the airlines used to fill up in Cape Town and only top up in Johannesburg. We asked them to rather do it the other way around."
He said the crisis had come about because of "problems at the Calref refinery".
Gopal said this was the second time he had experienced a fuel shortage at the airport. He had been working at Cape Town International for four years.
He referred all further questions to Shell.
Madelain Roscher of BA confirmed they had been transporting aircraft fuel from Johannesburg to Cape Town for the past four days.
"We just want to assure our passengers this holds no danger for them.
"It does, however, hold negative financial implications for BA. Fuel is more expensive in Johannesburg than Cape Town."
Rajaa Azzakani
Johannesburg - Fuel restrictions have been in force since last week at Cape Town International - the country's second-largest airport.
By Friday, the situation was so desperate that British Airways/Comair flew extra fuel to Cape Town for its aircraft.
Extra fuel was also shipped from Durban to Cape Town in an attempt to alleviate the shortage.
Fuel giant Shell, which heads up the fuel agency at the airport, told Beeld on Monday that it would comment only on Tuesday.
Girish Gopal, acting chief executive of the Airports Company (Acsa) in Cape Town, confirmed that restrictions were being placed on aircraft.
Each aircraft is allowed the minimum amount of fuel to reach its destination.
Gopal said notices were sent to all the airlines to bring the fuel shortage to their attention.
'Problems at the Calref refinery'
"Most of the airlines used to fill up in Cape Town and only top up in Johannesburg. We asked them to rather do it the other way around."
He said the crisis had come about because of "problems at the Calref refinery".
Gopal said this was the second time he had experienced a fuel shortage at the airport. He had been working at Cape Town International for four years.
He referred all further questions to Shell.
Madelain Roscher of BA confirmed they had been transporting aircraft fuel from Johannesburg to Cape Town for the past four days.
"We just want to assure our passengers this holds no danger for them.
"It does, however, hold negative financial implications for BA. Fuel is more expensive in Johannesburg than Cape Town."
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"Most of the airlines used to fill up in Cape Town and only top up in Johannesburg. We asked them to rather do it the other way around"
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Rotates Lowly,
On a short sector like CPT-JNB, the cost of tankering is almost negligible for a heavy jet and more than offsets the difference in price between the two cities - hence the practice of tankering. When you start operating sectors in excess of say, 5 hours, does the weight of the extra fuel come into the equation. But it all depends on the price at the potential tankering station vs the price at the other end. Or so I'm told....
On a short sector like CPT-JNB, the cost of tankering is almost negligible for a heavy jet and more than offsets the difference in price between the two cities - hence the practice of tankering. When you start operating sectors in excess of say, 5 hours, does the weight of the extra fuel come into the equation. But it all depends on the price at the potential tankering station vs the price at the other end. Or so I'm told....
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Have to agree with Rotates Lowly on this one! On aircraft like the B727-200 you pay a penalty of almost 10% for the fuel you are tankering FAJS-FACT(100kg burnt for every ton carried). The 737-200 is in the 3% range, still not worthwhile inside our borders.
You only tanker if there are no fuel on the other side (like in Zim), or if the fuel price is through the roof (like in Zim).
Fire away!
You only tanker if there are no fuel on the other side (like in Zim), or if the fuel price is through the roof (like in Zim).
Fire away!
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REAL ORCA, I'm sure what you say re the B727 is correct, but I'm talking about a heavy jet, where tankering sectors of this length are commonplace. I also stated that it depends on the fuel price at both ends.
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Tankering is linked to
1. Difference in fuel cost
2. Length of sector
3. Type of aircraft, it is actually worked out from a page in the performance manual which is produced by the manufacturer.
There are no domestic routes which BA/Comair operate at the moment which are feasable for tankering with the types they operate.
Tankering is linked to
1. Difference in fuel cost
2. Length of sector
3. Type of aircraft, it is actually worked out from a page in the performance manual which is produced by the manufacturer.
There are no domestic routes which BA/Comair operate at the moment which are feasable for tankering with the types they operate.
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dickyd737,
I'm sure you are 100% correct wrt the BA/Comair situation and their tankering policy. However, that's not what I ever referred to.
What I stated was that with heavy jets, it's not uncommon to have tankering sectors 700nm and longer. I just used the CPT-JNB sector as an example. This is probably more acute when crossing international borders, as the fuel price domestically does not vary a great deal.
I'm sure you are 100% correct wrt the BA/Comair situation and their tankering policy. However, that's not what I ever referred to.
What I stated was that with heavy jets, it's not uncommon to have tankering sectors 700nm and longer. I just used the CPT-JNB sector as an example. This is probably more acute when crossing international borders, as the fuel price domestically does not vary a great deal.
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Dumpvalve....
We operate HEAVY JETS, the cost of tankering certainly isn’t negligible, we have the cheapest fuel in the world and we certainly think twice about the amount to tanker!
Mutt.
We operate HEAVY JETS, the cost of tankering certainly isn’t negligible, we have the cheapest fuel in the world and we certainly think twice about the amount to tanker!
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Mutt,
I'm certainly not going to debate your company's fuel tankering policy with you - I simply stated that tankering is not uncommon on short sectors - that is an indisputable fact.
Bottom line: if tankering didn't save money, companies wouldn't do it.
I'm certainly not going to debate your company's fuel tankering policy with you - I simply stated that tankering is not uncommon on short sectors - that is an indisputable fact.
Bottom line: if tankering didn't save money, companies wouldn't do it.
