Air travellers were stranded at various airports across the nation yesterday as airlines could not fly due to? scarcity of aviation fuel, otherwise known as JET A1.
Though the scarcity became noticeable last Friday, it did not affect the services of airline but as the weekend progressed, it? became extremely impossible for airlines to get the commodity on time and when they got, it was at a high cost.
Just yesterday, at the two domestic airport terminal, passengers had a hectic time getting flights out of Lagos and into Lagos.
Many flights were cancelled, leading to airlines doing combined flights to cushion the cost of operations.? At the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2(MMA2), it was rowdy, as travellers sought to know which airlines were going to their destinations.
Many who had more than three to four hours? delay counted themselves lucky, just as many had their flights outrightly cancelled.
A couple who wanted to travel to Kaduna could not do as their Arik flight was cancelled. They were left with no choice than to fly to Abuja and complete the journey by road.
Assistant Secretary General of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), Muhammed Tukur decried the situation and its consequences on the airlines.? Currently, aviation sells between N182 and N186 per litre depending on the place of purchase.