United States-based United Airlines Flight UA613, which took off from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos at about 12: 10 a.m. yesterday, returned to base after about two hours of flight due to a medical emergency. THISDAY learnt that at about 2: 23 a.m. the flight returned to Lagos because one of the passengers, […]
Justice Ibrahim Kala of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has ordered British Airways to pay N50 million in damages to a Nigerian passenger, Mr. Stephen Osho, for breach of contract of carriage and unfair treatment. Delivering judgment, Justice Kala held that Osho successfully proved that the airline violated its obligations under the international contract of […]
IT provider for the air transport industry, Societe International Telecommunication Aeronautiques, (SITA), has expressed willingness to return to Nigeria four years after it ended a contractual relationship with the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), which manages about 26 of Nigeria’s airports. Before SITA left, it was offering seamless facilitation solutions (Common Use Terminal Equipment […]
Stories are rife about how some foreign airlines maltreat passengers with the Nigerian passport. Many Nigerian travellers have alleged that some foreign airlines that operate into the country treat them with disdain because they carry Nigeria’s green passport. A recent incidence showed how a Nigerian lady did a video to narrate how she was treated […]
Air Peace has cleared the air over a video circulating on social media that it not only abandoned passengers at Gatwick Airport, but closed its counter before closing time because the aircraft was overbooked on our London-Lagos flight on Monday, April 8, 2024. The airline which said the video recording was a deliberate and malicious […]
