Due to fuel shortages， Narita Airport will begin supplying imported fuel from September， hindering new and increased flight schedules for several airlines．
It was learned on the 22nd that due to the shortage of aviation fuel at airports across the country, which is causing problems for new routes and increased flight numbers, several airlines operating at Narita Airport are expected to receive imported fuel supplies after September. Imported fuel was delivered to Narita Airport in July, but this will be the first time it is distributed to airlines. According to Itochu Corporation, which was responsible for importing the fuel, several airlines will receive the fuel in stages from September onwards. In July, Itochu imported about 5,000 kiloliters of fuel from a South Korean refinery, enough to operate around 300 flights across Asia, and signed individual contracts with various airlines. The specific date of the next delivery has not yet been decided, but the company says it will continue importing fuel to Narita Airport. According to Narita International Airport Corporation (NAA), the fuel shortage problem at Narita Airport came to light in March after several overseas airlines contacted the company to inform them. In late June, six airlines, mainly in Asia, were forced to postpone plans to increase the number of flights and launch new routes by a total of about 60 flights per week. The NAA approached Itochu to see if it could import fuel, and introduced the company to airlines that were having difficulty procuring fuel. The government, believing that the fuel shortage would result in inbound demand being missed, launched a special team in June to tackle the problem, cooperating with the NAA, oil refiners, and airlines. Fuel imports were listed as one of the short-term initiatives in the action plan established in July. The fuel shortage is due to the rapid recovery of air travel demand from the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as challenges in securing personnel to operate tank trucks and tankers due to increased fuel transport distances due to the consolidation and closure of domestic refineries and stricter overtime regulations. The action plan’s medium- to long-term initiatives include increasing fuel tank capacity, securing tanker trucks, and improving employee treatment. Fuel supplied to Narita Airport arrives at Chiba Port (Mihama-ku, Chiba City) by tanker and is transported to the airport via pipeline. The fuel is stored in shared tanks and transported underground to aircraft in the parking lots. Fuel that arrives at airports usually passes through domestic refineries operated by oil refiners, but this time the fuel was imported directly to Narita Airport, a first for the country. Chiba Nippo August 23, 2024 05:00.
>>4 No, oil refiners are cutting back on gasoline production, so the supply of kerosene fuel produced as a result has also decreased. In addition, there are not many people willing to drive tanker trucks, so transportation is difficult.
Japan is a declining country where everything is falling behind because talented people have fled to developed countries. The next Prime Minister will be a 4th generation hereditary idiot aristocrat lol.
>>6 Japanese people aren’t doing so well when it comes to working overseas. The blue-collar and logistics workers mentioned here hardly ever work overseas.
>>10 If you can get the word out that there isn’t enough, you can sell it at full price or a little extra. Consumption tax also applies to the price. Increased tax revenue without tax increases.
It takes 10 tanker trucks of fuel to fill up one large jetliner. Now, oil manufacturers are only producing what they need, and logistics are running at a premium, so there’s no room for fuel transportation. So, even the slightest shift in demand, like a typhoon, can quickly cause a shortage.
The government finance ministry and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry messed up and forced oil refiners to accept gasoline subsidies, allowing them to produce small quantities and maintain high prices. If gasoline production decreases, the production of other fuels such as diesel, kerosene and jet fuel will also decrease, and prices will remain high. Because of the vested interests of bureaucrats who have been transferred to other companies, ordinary people are suffering.
>>42 Demand will plummet due to COVID-19 Refineries will cut production, and will take this opportunity to close old refineries Delivery tanker truck drivers will lose their jobs and change jobs Domestic demand will recover International demand will recover Recovers unexpectedly Airlines will appear who want to increase flights but can’t secure fuel Refinery production has been reduced, so production can’t be increased suddenly Planes from Korea and elsewhere can get in there, but that’s not the case for flights from far away. This must be it. It was saying it was low on fuel about six months ago.
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