The supply of kerosene to Ile-de-France and its airports by Normandy “is becoming critical” due to strikes at refineries, the Ministry of Energy Transition said on Thursday that it is ready to requisition the strikers. Faced with this situation, the Government has “issued a requisition order” regarding the strikers at the TotalEnergies refinery in Normandy, which was closed last weekend and where fuel shipments are blocked; “But it has not been decided to notify it at this stage,” the ministry added.
Two notices posted for Paris airports
For its part, the General Directorate of Civil Aviation has been warning airlines for several days that the kerosene reserves at the Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle and Paris-Orly airports are “under stress”, encouraging them to take their precautions, publishing two “Notices for Air Missions” (NOTAM) for this purpose.
“Kerosene stocks at Paris Charles-de-Gaulle are currently under pressure. To avoid any operational problems, all flights to Paris-CDG are called upon to carry as much fuel as possible from their airport of origin, within the capacities operating limits”. of the device, warns the DGAC in a message sent on March 17. An almost identical NOTAM recommending the same measures was published the next day for Paris-Orly, stressing that “due to supply problems, kerosene stocks at Paris-Orly are subject to special monitoring.”
Source: BFM TV
