airport blanket fuel suspension service jet a-1 notam

Manta airport temporarily runs out of fuel

Vía NOTE, be informedó that he Manta Airport permanecerá sin aprovisionamiento de combustible JET A-1 for a period of two months.

We are at the gates of the start of flights between Panama Cityá and blanket by Copa Airlines and of the potentials flights blanket – Galápaid, pero el abastecimiento de combustible de aviación in the Eloy Alfaro International Airportn no se encuentra resuelto.

Desde algunos meses atrás, gracias a un tanquero de Petroecuador se levantó el NOTAM que indicaba que en esta terminal aérea no se ofrecía el abastecimiento de combustible, restarting the service and once again allowing the airport to be the alternate for Quito and Guayaquil, which is par excellence.

but from the past 17 april 2023 y en plena época invernal que genera posibles múltiples desvíos de vuelos por mal clima en el Ifé Joaquín de Olmedo or the Marshal Sucre, the service has been suspended.

Fuel service is suspended in Manta

The NOTE en cuestión fue publicado el 17 April at 15:46 hours and indicates the following:

A0865/23 NOTAMR A0798/23
Q)SEFG/QFUAU/IV/NBO/A/000/999/0057S08041W005
A)CITY B)2304171545 C)2306162000 EAST
E)FUEL JET A-1 NOT AVBL

The Notice to Air Missions A0865 indicates that from 15:45 UTC hours of 17 April until 20:00 horas UTC del próximo 16 June 2023, el Aeropuerto de Manta no contará con JET A-1.

This will beá only 11 días antes de que el martes 27 June landing is expected for the first time Copa Airlines at this airport with its three weekly frequencies from Tocumen Airport.

Prior to the inaugural flight of Cup, se espera que se hayan resuelto los temas pendientes en este ámbito y el abastecimiento esté activo y cumpla con los requisitos regulatorios, as wellén haya sido aprobada la correspondiente auditoria técnica por parte de la aerolínea que asegurará la calidad del producto y servicio brindado.

We will keep reporting.

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6 thoughts on “Manta airport temporarily runs out of fuel”

  1. Ecuafuel, a company attached to the DGAC, stopped operating in the Jet A-1 and Avgas Fuel Distribution 100 LL
    At the national level.
    now the Provincial Municipalities are in charge of contracting Companies that take charge of the Aviation fuel Distribution in the Airports.

  2. The date until which in the AD SEMT the fuel supply will not be available 2306162000, according to the NOTAM it is only estimated. It can be before or what would be more complicated to lengthen.

  3. This is the product of the inability to ignore an air operation, it is only the product of the desperation of blanketing an international and national point without preparation. What a shame for the airlines, especially Copa

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