Airlines add fuel stops, use backup plans to avert Thanksgiving travel snarls after pipeline leak near airport
Major U.S. airlines have prepared contingency plans – some involving extra fuel stops – during the Thanksgiving holiday travel week, after a pipeline leak disrupted jet fuel deliveries to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.The vital Olympic Pipeline, which carries gasoline, diesel and jet-fuel from refineries in northwest Washington to terminals in Seattle and parts of Oregon, including the Seattle‑Tacoma International Airport, was shut down after a leak was discovered earlier this month. The […]