Fuel shortage at Manchester Airport causes delays
7th June 2012
Stocks of aviation fuel ran out at Manchester Airport last night causing minor delays lasting into this morning
Manchester Airport is returning to a normal service after a temporary shortage of fuel caused delays to flights leaving the airport on Wednesday evening and into this morning.
Fuel supplies from the Essar refinery experienced an unexpected shortage but have now been replenished. Stocks ran out at 5.15pm on Wednesday but Essar was able to begin pumping again at 5.30pm meaning that flights returned to normal by 8.30am today.
The airport reports only 13 delayed flights but minor delays continued this morning.
Manchester Airport uses approximately three million litres of aviation fuel per day and an investigation will be carried out as to what caused the shortage.
“On behalf of the thousands of passengers travelling today and last night, we would like to thank our airline partners for the huge effort they put into contingency planning to mitigate the highly unusual problem with the fuel supply,” said Chris Formby, operations director at Manchester Airport.
“Although it was only a relatively small number of people affected, we are also grateful to those passengers who were delayed this morning for their patience and understanding,” he added.
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