THE Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has discovered some unapproved JET A1 marketers who have infiltrated Nigerian airports and are supplying the commodity to unsuspecting airlines.
It made this discovery while investigating the source of jet fuel contamination, which Max Air was a victim.
The Director-General, NCAA, Capt. Musa Nuhu, in a Zoom meeting with aviation correspondents on Thursday, revealed that the infiltration of unregistered marketers was discovered during a meeting with the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission/Department of Petroleum Resources.
These unregistered fuel suppliers, he noted, were operating at Nigeria’s airports illegally.
He said the Authority was furnished with a list of approved aviation fuel companies by the DPR, but discovered that some suppliers currently operating at the airports were not on the list.
He however said the NCAA planned to intimate the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria about the development with a view to barring the illegal operators.
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