An increase in the cost of aviation fuel has led to an all-time high in the price of flight tickets for Africa’s largest economy, something Nigeria has never experienced in the history of its aviation industry.
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Leading US aviation industry experts have welcomed new tax incentives which will encourage the adoption of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF).
A Qantas Boeing 737-800 inbound to Perth (PER) on Monday, July 18, announced a mayday after running low on fuel. The jet was in the last stages of a nearly six-hour flight across from Brisbane (BNE) when Perth air traffic controllers put the aircraft into an extended holding time. But with fuel onboard already running low, the pilots made the unusual call of a fuel mayday.
There was a big sigh of relief among Indian carriers, worried that the current export taxes on petroleum products would negatively affect flights leaving the country. The authorities have clarified that it has rolled back excise duty on aviation turbine fuel (ATF) operated for international operations.
Over 100 flights of Sri Lankan airlines have been refueled by India’s gas and petroleum refineries company, Bharat Petroleum at Indian airports as a help to the country reeling under its worst economic crisis and facing fuel lack.