{"id":75887,"date":"2026-08-20T14:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/75887\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T14:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:46:09","slug":"lufthansa-flags-temporary-jet-fuel-shortage-at-windhoek-airport-in-namibia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/75887\/","title":{"rendered":"Lufthansa flags temporary jet fuel shortage at Windhoek Airport in Namibia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      &#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;<br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gd-picture__img gd-picture__img--responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/82c591b17733-180801125741uatv-jpg.webp\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" alt=\"180801125741UATV.jpg\"\/>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>    A Lufthansa airplane takes off from the airport in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, July 29, 2018.&#13;<br \/>\nImage used for illustrative purposes.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    Flight departure times are not currently affected&#13;\n  <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    Reuters News&#13;\n  <\/p>\n<p id=\"dg8z2VzN35\">Lufthansa is currently facing a local and temporary shortage of jet fuel with its suppliers at Windhoek Airport in Namibia, the airline said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Q8_XNDb4OM\">Flight departure times are not currently affected, it said, adding that a fuel stopover at other locations would be required in some cases for flights to Europe.<\/p>\n<p id=\"gdqzFvU9Nu\">Its fuel procurement team and ground staff are currently exploring all possibilities to reestablish normal supply, Lufthansa said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"eKmC7VdXPw\">(Writing by Linda Pasquini, editing by Friederike Heine)<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer: The content of this article is syndicated or provided to this website from an external third party provider. We are not responsible for, and do not control, such external websites, entities, applications or media publishers. The body of the text is provided on an \u201cas is\u201d and \u201cas available\u201d basis and has not been edited in any way. Neither we nor our affiliates guarantee the accuracy of or endorse the views or opinions expressed in this article. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/en\/zawya-editorial-legal-disclaimers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read our full disclaimer policy here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 ZAWYA 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; A Lufthansa airplane takes off from the airport in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, July 29,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21169],"tags":[4202,6728,1678,22679],"class_list":["post-75887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lufthansa","tag-africa","tag-aviation","tag-lufthansa","tag-namibia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}