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Tuesday 10 June 2014

Aviation ministry to press for airlines' direct import of fuel

The ministry of civil aviation is to recommend that oil marketing companies be asked to share their infrastructure with airlines, to facilitate direct import by the latter of aviation turbine fuel (ATF).

Such direct import was formally allowed in February 2012 but the aviation companies lack the infrastructure to do so. A senior official at the ministry said, “We are looking at measures by means of which oil companies can share their infrastructure for transporting the fuel. This can be done at an agreed cost.”