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NAIA Closure: Foreign airlines threaten to suspend Abuja route operations
There are indications that most foreign airlines in the country may suspend flight operations to the nation’s capital following government’s decision to close down the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja from March 8, 2017.
South African Airways, SAA and British Airways have already signified their intentions to quit the lucrative and busy Abuja route network.
LEADERSHIP gathered that SAA had already written a letter to the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika informing him that it would suspend flight operations to Abuja on the 6th March, two days before the closure of the NAIA.
The letter from SAA to the minister signed by the acting chief commercial officer, SAA, Mr. Aaron Munetsi, stated that the airline would suspend its operations to Abuja from March 6 until April 18, 2017.
Leadership, February 7, 2017
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