Dakar int'l airport organizes itself to alleviate the shortage of kerosene
On April 15, 2022, the Managing Director of Société de Manutention de Carburants Aviation (SMCADY) informed his counterpart at Blaise Diagne International Airport in Dakar (AIBD SA) of his company's inability to supply the platform with fuel, recommending that he issue a NOTAM on this subject.
From next Saturday, all air carriers operating at Blaise Diagne International Airport “are required to make the necessary arrangements to transport the quantity of fuel necessary to ensure the fuel autonomy of return flights”. This is the recommendation made by the AIBD in a press release published on Monday, April 18, 2022. It comes three days after the Société de Manutention de Carburants Aviation informed of its inability to refuel the Dakar platform from Wednesday, for a provisional period of two weeks. The NOTAM finally published for this purpose runs until May 17, 2022 at 08h22min. "Exceptional derogations may however be granted, on request, by the National Agency for Civil Aviation and Meteorology (ANACIM) to meet the operational constraints of certain air carriers", nuance the AIBD, without any further details.
“Blaise Diagne International Airport (AIBD) will remain open for operation during this period”, assures the company.
“The Senegalese authorities have taken all useful and necessary measures and have deployed emergency solutions to deal with this new situation. AIBD SA, which is a key player in the national airport platform serving the general interest, is resolutely committed to finding solutions to ensure the continuity of airport activities in Senegal,” she adds..
According to the AIBD, this fuel shortage is “resulting from an unfavorable international situation which, combined with unprecedented tensions on the prices of certain raw materials, have seriously disrupted the kerosene supply system of the said company”. "The production of hydrocarbons is directly impacted, and this everywhere in the world", she assures.
