Fuel crisis in DR airports.

[aviastar]

Critical situation in this country with fuel will bust tomorrow. Airports have no fuel for flights, beginning Saturday we will see problems, government should react fast. PUJ is in critical condition.

[GRS]

Ship arrived today. Operations should be back to normal by Sunday. SDQ and STI are the critical ones.

[jsizemore]

With so much of the economy dependant on tourism how is it that the powers that be allowed the fuel crisis happen?
John

[Searcher]

Very simple....people in power have no juice in their brains

[jsizemore]

Ok but as I understand every other part of the world where there patronage system is strong there is one thing that is never violated. The money must flow.
No tourist no money. No flights no tourist. No fuel no flights.
No fuel /no money for patron. No money for patron cement shoes.
So stupidity is suicide.
John

[reracked]

The lack of jet fuel in the DR is not as dramatic as it seems and
it will certainly NOT affect tourism in any way.
Airlines are prepared for this. Inbound flights tanker fuel (i.e. they carry extra fuel) so they have to fuel less in the DR.
In the extreme case, e.g. no fuel available at all, they will do a fuel stop in Gander, Bermuda or San Juan or elsewhere on the line.

[eli]

Originally posted by Searcher
Very simple....people in power have no juice in their brains

Talk about no juice then you have the attorney general saying to the E.C. envoy that Dominicans are big enough to deal with their own problems so he should not get involved on internal issues, but what he seems to forget is whenever the government nedds to go beg for money to the E.C. the Dominicans forget about being old enough to deal with their own problems because they need the money to steal it like they are "A BUNCH OF THIEFS"who are starving this country to the ground.

[GRS]

Originally posted by reracked
The lack of jet fuel in the DR is not as dramatic as it seems and
it will certainly NOT affect tourism in any way.

Yes it was as dramatic. FYI, some charters cancelled their flights because of the fuel problems.

[jsizemore]

At what point will the patrons be expecting alevel of accountabilty?
John

[santobonao]

how a airport can work for planes without fuel a least the planes come with full load of fuel from puerto rico or united states. thats dumb.