Cape Town International Airport is facing a jet fuel shortage due to an ongoing South African Revenue Service Sars audit that has restricted the distribution of aviation fuel in the city, the Fuels Industry Association of South Africa FIASA confirmed on Friday.
Acsa says the fuel industry has implemented an interim solution allowing affected airlines to uplift fuel from Johannesburgs OR Tambo International Airport, subject to prior arrangements. This workaround should secure additional fuel supply from Wednesday, November 19 onwards for the four domestic airlines.
However, Lufthansa Group published a notice warning passengers that, due to the unpredictable situation, Lufthansa and Edelweiss might announce short-term schedule changes for some of their departures from Cape Town between November 19 and 24.