December saw the highest consumption of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) since early 2020, primarily due to an increase in the number of domestic aircraft movements.
The total domestic consumption of ATF (or jet fuel) touched nearly 720,000 metric tonnes, shows data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC). The last month with higher consumption was January 2020, when it had touched around 739,000 metric tonnes.
There was a marked decline in the period after the lockdown announced in March 2020 to control the Covid-19 pandemic. The total use had fallen to a low of 55.2 metric tonnes in April 2020. The recovery since then has been gradual.
