If the Transnet strike is prolonged, jet fuel supplies to South Africa's main airports could be jeopardise ahead of the peak summer tourist season, and at a time when airlines can least afford further disruption, warns Aaron Munetsi, CEO of the Airlines Association of Southern Africa. This would not be the the year's first jet fuel crunch. A recent shipment of jet fuel to the Cape Town port was delayed due to bad weather, while earlier this year, damage to a railway line during floods in KwaZulu-Natal impacted supplies to O R Tambo International in Johannesburg.
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