Normally, an Airbus A340-300 takes passengers on board flight LH577 non-stop to Frankfurt am Main. The journey takes eleven and a half hours. But things will look different in the coming days.
The flight then goes from Cape Town first to Johannesburg. There the aircraft is refueled to start the long journey to Germany. The reason: fuel is scarce at the Cape.
A large shipment of kerosene is delayed. Due to bad weather it is still not clear when exactly the tanker will arrive.
In an updated order to flight crews, known as a Notice to Air Missions (Notam), South Africa’s Civil Aviation Authority has asked airlines to limit fuel pick-up at Cape Town International Airport until the shipment has arrived.
At Lufthansa, this also has an impact on outbound flights, as a spokesman explained to aeroTELEGRAPH. “Outbound LH576 is scheduled to take off with a lower payload in order to have enough fuel for the connecting flight,” he explains.
That means: In order to be able to fly even further from Cape Town, the remaining weight in the cabin or in the cargo hold must be reduced.
Other airlines are also affected by the shortage. United even canceled flights to Cape Town.
British Airways sometimes opted for at least stopovers, as can be seen from the flight tracking services.
This article was written by Laura Frommberg
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The original of this article “Lufthansa has to reschedule due to a lack of kerosene in South Africa” comes from aeroTelegraph.
