British oil and gas multinational BP will no longer support airport refueling in South Africa.
Last year, there was an issue with refueling Russian aircraft in South Africa due to sanctions on that country.Neither ACSA nor BP are saying if the decision is related to that fallout.Aviation expert Phuthego Mojapele has his suspicions.
"In 2020, there was a proposal and they'd proposed they wanted to take control of the entire supply," Mojapele said. "Abo BP have leased the facilities from Acsa. Acsa is the owner of the facilities they us. It's fairly a good plan for Acsa. "This is an opportunity for locals in that economy which has been dominated by these multinational companies."
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