UPDATED: Nigerian airline resumes services

Thursday, 24 Sep, 2012 0

Nigeria’s largest airline, Arik Air, has resumed its domestic flights after a staff dispute led to a flight suspension.

The airline claimed it was no longer able to operate safely after staff working for the Nigerian Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) raided its operations.

It claimed they blocked check-in counters and chained doors to boarding gates.

Arik Air is in a row with FAAN over claims that the airline has not been paying fees.

However meetings were held with government officials over the weekend and the airline claims the dispute has been resolved.

International services operated by the airline, which also flies between Lagos and London and New York, were unaffected.

 



 

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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.



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