Although a fresh consignment of aviation fuel has reached Malta, it will only be towards the end of this month that this can be used by planes refuelling in Malta.

Meanwhile, Enemalta and MIA are still engaged in a war of words, blaming each other for the shortage that made MIA stop trips by huge cargo planes, which were leaving very remunerative revenues in Malta.

MIA sources claim that Enemalta gave them no less than three different versions why the shortage occurred.

Enemalta sources blamed MIA, saying it expected Enemalta to be aware of increased plane landings by monitoring the MIA arrivals board on the website.