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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has conveyed to the concerned authority it might stop serving unprofitable airports if the money-making fueling facility at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport is auctioned out to a private supplier.
PSO officials have urged the Civil Aviation Authority to adopt a uniform policy for all airports across the country.
In a communication to the petroleum secretary, PSO Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Syed Mohammad Taha said the company maintained jet fuel refueling facilities at 10 airports across Pakistan as per international standards and had been investing millions of rupees every year to upgrade and maintain these facilities for increasing productivity and efficiency.
However, the state-owned supplier warned, “PSO being a public sector entity cannot agree to operate at loss-making airports only, while we are being removed from a major airport on the pretext of promoting competition.”
It is worth mentioning PSO already lodged a complaint with the competition appellate tribunal against the Competition Commission of Pakistan’s (CCP) direction to tender the existing fuel farm, Eastern Joint Hydrant Depot, at Karachi airport and notices had been issued to the CAA and other respondents on the matter, the country’s largest fuel supplier reminded the federal government.
