{"id":21022,"date":"2022-05-31T19:16:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T13:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/?p=21022"},"modified":"2022-05-31T19:19:39","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T13:49:39","slug":"sri-lankas-aviation-requested-to-carry-extra-fuel-to-incoming-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/31\/sri-lankas-aviation-requested-to-carry-extra-fuel-to-incoming-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka\u2019s Aviation requested to carry extra fuel to incoming flights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>With a shortage of fuel in Sri Lanka, foreign carriers have been advised to come ready.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The economic crisis in Sri Lanka has severely hit its fuel supply, to the point where the country is now requesting all foreign airlines to carry enough fuel for a return trip. The recommendation comes as the island nation struggles with a severe fuel shortage, which has affected aviation and most other sectors in the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"384\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sri_lankan_airlines3_website-1024x384.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sri_lankan_airlines3_website-1024x384.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sri_lankan_airlines3_website-600x225.jpg 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sri_lankan_airlines3_website-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sri_lankan_airlines3_website-768x288.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sri_lankan_airlines3_website-1536x576.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sri_lankan_airlines3_website-750x281.jpg 750w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sri_lankan_airlines3_website-1140x428.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sri_lankan_airlines3_website.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Sri Lanka airline | Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fill-it-up\">International airlines have been asked by Sri Lanka\u2019s Civil Aviation Authority  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>International airlines have been asked by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.caa.lk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\"> Sri Lanka\u2019s Civil Aviation Authority <\/a>to load up on extra&nbsp;fuel&nbsp;before departing for Colombo. This is to ensure there is enough supply in the tanks to last for the return trip out of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>How the country\u2019s national carrier&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.caa.lk\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sri Lankan Airlines&nbsp;<\/a>is&nbsp;forced to make a detour to South India&nbsp;to meet its fuel needs for some of its long-haul flights to Europe and Australia. It seems that other carriers, too, will now have to make their deals.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Also, read     <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/31\/asia-pacific-air-passenger-demand-at-17-india-at-70-of-pre-covid-levels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Asia -Pacific air passenger demand at 17%, India at 70% of pre-covid levels<\/a>        <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/26\/asia-pacific-and-the-middle-east-aviation-recovers-as-domestic-passenger-traffic-gathers-pace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Asia-Pacific and the Middle East aviation recovers as domestic passenger traffic gathers pace<\/a>           <\/strong><\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/16\/ethiopian-airlines-explores-commercial-tie-ups-with-indigo-spicejet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Ethiopian Airlines explores commercial tie-ups with IndiGo, SpiceJet<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sri-lanka-s-civil-aviation-authority\">Sri Lanka\u2019s Civil Aviation Authority <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Rayhan Wanniappa, director of Sri Lanka\u2019s Civil Aviation Authority, spoke with Bloomberg and explained the situation, saying,<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve asked airlines to carry the needed fuel while working to Sri Lanka, because there is a lack of aviation fuel, and we have to handle the situation. Airlines are bringing certain additional supplies, while we are also providing from our stock<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fuel tankering or refueling, whatever works! Airlines flying into Sri Lanka have two choices \u2013 begin with enough fuel in the tanks sufficient to come back or stop in a third country to refuel for the onward flight. Bloomberg reports that&nbsp;Emirates&nbsp;is resorting to tankering fuel from Dubai, while&nbsp;Singapore Airlines, too, is carrying more fuel than needed for its flights to the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-thiruvananthapuram-and-chennai\">Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>SriLankan Airlines, unfortunately, doesn\u2019t have that option. For some of its long-haul flights, the carrier has chosen South Indian cities, such as Thiruvananthapuram and Chennai, or even&nbsp;Dubai&nbsp;as refueling destinations.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Some sources have told that Sri Lankan prefers Thiruvananthapuram to Chennai as it\u2019s a shorter flight and also charges slightly less for fuel. The carrier has already used the city to refuel its flights to Melbourne and Frankfurt and has further confirmed that four more flights will stop there in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"deepening-crisis\">G.A. Chandrasiri, chairman of the Airport and Aviation Services <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sri Lanka is struggling to reach up with cash to pay for oil. The country is facing shortages of some necessities such as electricity and facing massive inflation. As such, fuel for aircraft doesn\u2019t seem very high on the list of priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sv_engine_30052022.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sv_engine_30052022.webp 860w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sv_engine_30052022-600x400.webp 600w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sv_engine_30052022-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sv_engine_30052022-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/sv_engine_30052022-750x500.webp 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>However, G.A. Chandrasiri, chairman of the Airport and Aviation Services, which manages the main airport in Colombo, maintains that \u201cthere\u2019s been no effect in airport and airline operations\u201d and that \u201cthis is just a preventive measure.\u201dStill, airlines have been instructed to err on the side of caution to avoid fuel-related delays in Colombo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thank you<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stay updated with Aviationa2z.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Join our <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/aviationa2z\u2b50\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener sponsored nofollow\">Telegram group<\/a> for the latest updates <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sri Lanka\u2019s Aviation requested to carry extra fuel to incoming flights<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[416],"tags":[152,392,79,393,343,745,156,4730,6107,6108],"class_list":{"0":"post-21022","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-quick-updates","8":"tag-airlines","9":"tag-airlines-news","10":"tag-aviation","11":"tag-aviation-news","12":"tag-civil-aviation","13":"tag-fuel","14":"tag-international","15":"tag-sir-lanka","16":"tag-sir-lanka-civil-aviation","17":"tag-sri-lankas-civil-aviation-authority"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21022"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21045,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21022\/revisions\/21045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviationa2z.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}