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Article: Kuwait : Austrian Air Buys Fuel Direct From Kuwait.
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- June 7, 2008
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Byline: pinto03
Austrian Airlines Group, owner of the country's largest carrier, said it's buying jet fuel direct from Kuwait Petroleum International Ltd. to minimize more-costly purchases from local refiner OMV AG.
Half of the 380,000 tons of kerosene the airline requires annually at Vienna International Airport is provided through so-called ``self fueling'' after flows from Kuwait Petroleum began last month, spokeswoman Livia Dandrea-Boehm said in an interview. That's up from 27 percent previously.
The Kuwaiti company's aviation unit ships fuel to Slovenia, where it's sent across the Alps by train, easing costs that pushed Austrian to a 60.4 ...