Local carrier Rano Air has opted to pause services on several flight paths, citing the debilitating financial strain caused by an astronomical spike in aviation fuel prices. In a public notification released Friday, the airline explained that the current economic climate has made maintaining its full flight schedule nearly impossible. According to the company, the price of Jet A1 fuel has surged by over 300 percent, a shift that has crippled the profitability of specific routes and forced an immediate reduction in operations to preserve the airline’s overall stability.
The management emphasized that the decision was necessary to navigate the “unimaginable pressure” currently facing domestic operators. The company detailed the severity of the crisis in its official correspondence:
“Rano Air wishes to inform the general public and our valued passengers that, due to the unprecedented escalation in the cost of Jet A1 aviation fuel by over 300 per cent, the operational cost of sustaining some of our routes has become extremely challenging and commercially unsustainable,” the statement read.
