South African Airways will divert one of its two daily London to Johannesburg flights to Milan for refuelling as a result of the fuel shortage at London’s Heathrow airport.
”Passengers on the diverted aircraft who are due to connect onto domestic flights when arriving in Johannesburg will be re-accommodated on later flights,” SAA’s general manager of flight operations, Captain Colin Jordaan, said in a statement.
SAA’s other daily flight to Johannesburg and the third to Cape Town will operate non-stop from London as scheduled. SA221 to Cape Town may be diverted on certain of the days, he cautioned.
The fuel shortage follows the explosion and subsequent fire at a fuel depot north of London on Sunday. The explosion was being deemed an accident but further investigations were being carried out, Jordaan said.
”SAA expects the current situation to continue until the peak season calms down in mid-January.” – Sapa