Due to repeated cases of poor passenger
treatment by Turkish Airlines, the Federal Government of Nigeria has ordered
the international carrier to suspend its operations into the country.
The government through the
Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority directed the airline to suspend its operations
until it was ready to operate with the right size of aircraft that could
transport all passengers with their baggage at the same time.
It was gathered that the
government’s directive came as a result of recent cases in which the airline
failed to bring in passengers into Nigeria together with their checked-in
baggage.
In a letter to the airline by the
acting Director-General, NCAA, Capt. Abdullahi Sidi, which was made available
by the Federal Ministry of Aviation in Abuja on Thursday, December 12th the
authority expressed displeasure at the incidents, which it said had been going
on for over two weeks.
Sidi said the incidents had
become so bad that most recent Turkish Airlines flights arrived in Nigeria
without more than 85 per cent of passengers’ baggage on board.
He said, “Our airport authority
has been facing a serious crisis controlling the passengers at the airport
whenever they arrive without their baggage. This issue has made passengers to
carry out several mob actions at our airports and it is a great threat to our
airport facilities.
“In view of all these, and a
series of meetings held with the Turkish Airlines personnel, which did not
yield any solution to this problem, the NCAA is therefore left with no option
than to direct Turkish Airlines to suspend its operations into Nigeria until
such a time when the airline is ready to operate with the right size of
aircraft that can transport all passengers with their baggage at the same time.
“If no remedial action is carried
out by your airline, this suspension shall be effective from the 16th of
December, 2019.”
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