The fuel shortage, which is expected to persist till Sunday, has been blamed on inadequate orders by oil marketing companies that sell directly to airlines. Egypt Air Flight MS850 enroute to Cairo made a technical stop-over at Entebbe International Airport in Uganda for refuelling. “The current shortage of jet fuel at JKIA has seen our aircraft fuelling at the regional airports,” said Astral Aviation commercial manager Mustwafa Murad. The shortage, he said, has subjected airlines to expensive jet fuel in other airports where they were forced to pay more for the commodity. In January, the sector was alarmed when marketers placed an order for 37,000 tonnes of jet fuel against a request for 60,000 tonnes.

Source: Daily Nation March 08, 2019 09:45 UTC