Singapore — India’s jet fuel consumption in March fell 29.86% month on month to 484,000 mt, the lowest in over five years, amid demand destruction on account of a nationwide lockdown, which was further extended Tuesday, latest data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell showed. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Jet fuel consumption in India was last lowest in February 2015 at 455,000 mt, PPAC data showed. Industry sources attributed the slump in jet fuel consumption to the coronavirus pandemic, which has claimed 358 lives and infected 10,453 people so far in India, the latest research by Johns Hopkins University and Medicine showed. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced a three-week lockdown on March 25. On Tuesday, Modi extended the nationwide lockdown until May 3 to further curb the coronavirus outbreak. “There’s no demand for gasoil or jet [in India] […]