Aerofuels, one of the largest aviation fuel suppliers, has managed to gain support of the Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin in an argument with the administration of the Novosibirsk Airport of Tolmachevo. The official demanded to ensure the work of aviation dispatchers in the air hub, and also initiated a checkup of the current aviation fuel supplier’s affiliation with the owners of Tolmachevo.

Aerofuels Group is one of the leading operators of alternative refueling complexes (TZK, the company owns 8 out of 12 such complexes) in Russia. The company is represented at Tolmachevo, but for three years it has not been able to start work.

As it is mentioned in the letter sent by the general director of Aerofuels Group Vladimir Spiridonov to Igor Sechin (a copy is at the disposal of RBC daily), in 2007 a new refueling complex was built jointly by Tolmachevo Airport and Aerofuels Group. “However, the commencement of work of the new alternative TZK has been hindered by the airport for three years by systematic refusals to perform training of fuel servicing truck drivers on the rules of operation on the apron and, consequently, refusals to issue ID cards for the personnel and documents for the equipment for operations in the civil sector of the airport”, is said in the letter. Mr Spiridonov separately mentions that in 2009-2010 the company fueled 760 flights in the military sector of the airport.

It has been one year since Aerofuels International (one of the leading companies in Aerofuels Group) started its partnership relationships in the sphere of aviation fuel supply for business aviation at European airports with one of the leading oil companies ExxonMobil. In November the direct contract with ExxonMobil was prolonged. According to this contract the list of refueling points in which the companies had cooperated earlier was confirmed – this involves aviation fuel supply in twenty European cities of Germany, England, France, Italy, Ireland, Belgium, Switzerland, etc. In the second year of partnership relationships it has become possible to expand the geography of refueling point twofold and more by enlarging the number of airports in these countries up to fifty.

This has become possible due to the long-standing partnership relationships of Aerofuels Group, which specializes in aviation fuel supply, and ExxonMobil, a colossus of the western oil market. By providing this service to business aviation, Aerofuels International shortens the chain from a customer to a refueller at an airport; this service has not only become cost-effective, it can also be provided in a more mobile way.

“The presence of a contract between Aerofuels International and ExxonMobil has enabled us to perform refueling for the special flights of the Russian delegation in the German city of Lübmin during the official opening ceremony of the gas pipeline “Nord Stream” with the participation of the President of Russia and Germany”, remarked Dmitry Korpachev, commercial director of Aerofuels International.