ACSA shifts to new jet fuel suppliers after BP exit
The Airports Company of South Africa (ACSA) says the exit of British Petroleum (BP) from supplying jet fuel to airports in the South African market was communicated last year already.
ACSA says the exit of the fuel giant was due to its current global business strategy and not Russia's war in Ukraine, or an incident last year where two Russian planes could not refuel at OR Tambo due to international sanctions.
"We can confirm that BP started officially engaging ACSA more than a year ago in February 2022, with respect to their change in global strategy. At the time, BP indicated its intention to exit the current arrangements,” says ACSA.
"Later in April 2022 the oil company further informed ACSA that it would resign as the managing participant of the consortia at O.R Tambo International Airport and Cape Town International and terminate its lease agreements for the operations of the fuel facilities at King Phalo and George Airports."
ACSA says it has already started the process of finding new fuel suppliers and has notified all the airlines about the exit.
"As BP continues to wind down its operations they have collaborated and assisted ACSA and the Fuel Consortium to successfully transition to new jet fuel suppliers, and this will be done across ACSA’s airports to ensure business continuity,” they say.
"This is done through licence agreements with oil companies. The relevant oil companies who have concluded their agreements are bound by Regulation (NERSA Licenses) to ensure business continuity through the transition to incoming suppliers and operators.
"ACSA and oil companies are progressing well with the implementation of these transitionary arrangements."
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