SYD worse than YYZ ???

[Guest M. McRae]

YYZ ran short of deicing fluid. SYD managed to run short of fuel at the start of a major holiday peak.

Jet fuel shortage to cause national flight delays

ABC News Online

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s953851.htm

Sydney airport has revealed a major shortage of jet fuel which could delay flights across the country for at least two days.

The distributor of jet fuel at Sydney Airport, Joint User Hydrant Installation, says it can only supply 35 per cent of normal demand for this time of year because of lower than planned production from Sydney refineries and delayed shipments from elsewhere.

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) says problems with the supply of jet fuel from Sydney refineries do not pose a threat to safe air travel.

Spokesman Peter Gibson says airlines will very likely need to reschedule flights in order to pick up fuel at other airports, but there will be no compromising of safety standards.

"We do have coming up over the weekend the start of the school holidays with the potential problem of some disruptions but it is hard to say what the magnitude of that might be," he said.

[Maverick]

"The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) says problems with the supply of jet fuel from Sydney refineries do not pose a threat to safe air travel."

Does pose a threat to air travel in general though! LOL, this authority belongs in the idiot thread below.

[Mitch Cronin]

I think maybe that comment was intended for "idiots" in his audience that might have been imagining airplanes running out of gas half way to destination... And as that thread below points out, there might have been a few wondering.