The Federal Government has ordered the suspension
of Turkish Airlines’ operations in Nigeria due to “repeated cases Of poor passenger treatment.”
The government gave the directive through the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, ordering the airline to suspend its operations until it is ready to operate with the right size of aircraft that can transport all passengers with their baggage at the same time.
It was gathered that the government’s directive came as a result of the recent cases in which the airline failed to bring 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, the authority expressed serious displeasure over 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 eighty-five per cent of passengers’ baggage on board.
Many passengers had in the past complained about the harsh treatment they received from Turkish Airlines but the airline on Friday morning said it had not been notified of the development by the government.
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