B.C. businesses struggling amid aviation fuel shortage [Video]

A shortage of gas needed to fly certain small aircraft has grounded some B.C. businesses and their customers. 

Sara Langlois with Skydive Salmon Arm said her team learned about the shortage about two weeks ago.

“At the moment, we are shut down until the fuel situation gets sorted,” she told CBC’s Daybreak South host Chris Walker Tuesday morning. 

She estimates it costs her business about $3,000 a day — however, she says the business only operates on weekends. 

Avgas is the aviation fuel used in small piston, engine-powered aircraft, often used by private pilots and companies. Without it, these businesses can’t get off the ground.

LISTEN | Skydiving business shut down during gas shortage Sara Langlois,the drop zone manager with Skydive Salmon Arm, explains how a shortage of aviation gas is affecting many local flight businesses that rely on the summer season for a bulk of their income and flying activities.

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