The, um, Aviation Thread

[MrFrisp]

Its certainly not Jet A1 fuel anyway, its Diesel

Same problem with supply though, yes?

I presume if this shit continues, then ships, boats, trawlers, ferries will run short too.

 

[Meridian]

Same problem with supply though, yes?

No most of, I think 75% of the grade of fuel that planes need in Europe comes from The Gulf

 

[MrFrisp]

No most of, I think 75% of the grade of fuel that planes need in Europe comes from The Gulf

AHH ok..

 

[Meridian]

AHH ok..

If this shit does hit us, it will close all airports with Dumplin operating a minimal sevice.

 

[White Van Man]

Where do ferries get their fuel?

Speaking of ferries and their fuel I saw this on the BBC news earlier. Nice to see our nearest neighbour can be as incompetent as us when it comes to procurement

CalMac's dual-fuel ferry has run solely on diesel since July

The cleaner-burning gas propulsion system for Glen Sannox is not currently being used, the operator confirms.

www.bbc.com

CalMac's "eco-friendly" dual-fuel ferry Glen Sannox - which is capable of running on gas - has been operating solely on diesel since last July, it has emerged.

Given the shortage of serviceable vessels it was facing, the operator decided instead to continue operating the ship solely on marine gas oil, a form of diesel.

Ferries procurement agency CMAL, which owns the ships operated by CalMac, first started looking at LNG as a possible fuel as long ago as 2012.

[…]

There is no local supply of LNG, so the gas has to be imported from Qatar and then driven 540 miles by road tanker to Scotland from Kent.

 

[Meridian]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2044766994981962121

Not a good indicator

 

[douglas eegit]

Going to be a quiet year at the airport. Need the growth plan to be accelerated, and probably start with getting Aerlingus to begin picking up some decent European slots