Aviation fuel supply will not be hit by oil staff strike

September 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Air India pilots called off their five-day strike Wednesday following assurances from the civil aviation ministry that there would be no salary cuts. "We have received official communication from civil aviation minister (Praful Patel) and he himself has assured that there would be no salary cuts.

August 13th, 2009 World Fuel Services gets $104.5M contractWASHINGTON — World Fuel Services Corp., which sells vehicle, aircraft and marine fuels, received a $104.5 million contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to provide aviation fuel, the Pentagon said late Thursday. Work on this contract is expected to be completed by August 2010, according to the government notice.

August 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's private airline operators met Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel, demanding reduction in sales tax on jet fuel and airport charges. The representatives of Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA), which includes five of India's top private airlines, met Patel to present their demands after they put their August 18 strike "on hold" in view of the inconvenience it could cause to thousands of passengers.

August 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Praful Patel said on Saturday that the government would not offer bailout package to private airlines. On Friday, the private airlines announced that they suspend their operations on August 18 if the government did not help them to cut down costs.

July 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With a fall in international prices of crude, state-run oil companies Wednesday slashed aviation fuel prices by almost 6 percent. The new prices will be effective Wednesday night and come after four consecutive hikes.

July 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Air India management Thursday backtracked on its commitment to the employees' union to pay staff salaries by July 3, pushing employees to threaten again that they would go on strike from Friday. Yielding to pressure from its employees, the cash-strapped national carrier had June 29 said it would pay the June salaries July 3, instead of July 15 as had been decided earlier.

June 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run oil companies Tuesday raised jet fuel prices by over 6 percent, the fourth hike in two months, after crude oil price at the global market reached a seven-month high of $72 per barrel. The aviation fuel would now cost Rs.2,307 more per kilolitre in Delhi at Rs.38,558.

May 1st, 2009 Strike cuts off fuel supply to Nepalese capitalKATMANDU, Nepal — A general strike by an ethnic group seeking greater rights in southern Nepal has virtually cut off fuel and food supplies to the capital and other areas in the mountainous north, an official said Friday. The strike called by ethnic Tharu has closed most of the highways in southern Nepal since last week.

April 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A planned nationwide two-day strike by 15,000 airport employees from Thursday midnight has been called off after the government agreed to discuss their grievances, a civil aviation ministry spokesperson said. 'The strike, called by the employees of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), has been called off,' the official said.

April 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - State-run oil companies Thursday announced a cut in aviation fuel prices by Rs.311 per kilolitre (kl), after three consecutive hikes. The aviation turbine fuel (ATF) will now cost Rs.31,615 per kl in Delhi, effective from Thursday midnight, an Indian Oil Corp (IOC) official said.

January 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After eight successive cuts in aviation turbine fuel (ATF) price since last September, state-run oil companies Thursday raised it by at least Rs.1,040 per kilolitre, a rise of 3.4 percent. The new price will come into effect from midnight Thursday.

January 8th, 2009 AGARTALA/GUWAHATI - Operations in the Assam refineries have been hit and fuel supply across the northeast has been affected following the ongoing strike by officers of public sector oil firms. Most fuel stations in Assam, Tripura, Mizoram, Meghalaya and other northeastern states have dried up, severely affecting the public transport system across the hilly region.

January 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Air Force (IAF) has readied its squadron of IL-78 midair refuellers to supply aviation fuel in case the strike by employees of public sector oil firms cripples the aviation sector, an official said here Friday. 'The six IL-78 aircraft have been kept ready to deal with a crisis situation if the need arises,' a senior IAF official said.

January 8th, 2009 BHOPAL - With most petrol pumps running out of stock across India due to the ongoing strike by employees of public sector oil companies, Madhya Pradesh Friday woke up to panic buying of the fuel. 'As the oil marketing companies' executives from grade A to the level of deputy general managers have gone on strike, the supply chain has been virtually broken as the depots and sales departments have stopped functioning.

January 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The petroleum ministry has asked states to invoke the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) or the National Security Act (NSA) against employees of public sector oil companies if they go ahead with the proposed strike from Jan 7. 'I appealed to the employees to reconsider their decision to go on strike in the light of the difficult time the economy is going through,' Petroleum Minister Murli Deora said.