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Sasol outage disrupts jet fuel supply at OR Tambo

# Airlines are making contingency plans after an outage at Sasol’s Natref refinery disrupted jet fuel supplies to OR Tambo International Airport in Kempton Park, Gauteng. Airlines are considering tankering fuel from other airports, which would increase operating costs because aircraft carrying extra fuel burn more fuel. News24 reports FlySafair and Airlink said their operations have not been affected so far. The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources held an emergency meeting with Airports Company South Africa and the fuel industry to address the disruption.