The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have committed to patronising the Dangote Petroleum Refinery for their jet fuel needs.
The decision by the airline operators follows the refinery’s commencement of jet fuel production for the local market.
Minister of aviation and aerospace development, Festus Keyamo, made this known in an interview with Channels Television’s Political Paradigm.
He said the AON has agreed to stop relying on imported jet fuel in a move aimed at supporting domestic production.
“Incidentally, it is also coinciding at a point when Dangote refinery is coming on board and jet A1 is to be produced. They are about to start producing jet A1 for our local industry,” Keyamo said.
“The airline operators of Nigeria recently just met and they have made a clear decision, all of them, they will no longer buy imported fuel to also support the local industry, Dangote refinery.
“It is a decision by the airline operators of Nigeria, with my push and my blessing, that they should only buy from Dangote refinery,” the minister stated.
