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Nigeria said on Thursday it was fining British Airways and Virgin Atlantic a total of USD$235 million, as an ongoing row between Britain and Africa's most populous nation over landing slots and ticket prices escalates.
Flights between Britain and Nigeria almost came to a halt this week but a last minute deal on Tuesday ensured British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Nigeria's flagship airline Arik Air continue to fly from London to Lagos and Abuja.
"We are charging British Airways USD$135 million and Virgin Atlantic USD$100 million for abuse of a dominant position, fixing prices, abusing fuel surcharges and taking advantage of passengers," said Harold Demuren, Director General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
"We have been investigating for the last six months. Lagos to London has the highest route yield in the world. Our market is open for exploration, not exploitation."
British Airways said it rejected the Nigerian authorities allegations and it was "vigorously defending our position".
"We pride ourselves on offering competitive fares, a choice of products and connections to our Nigerian customers," a statement from the airline said. "We remain committed to Nigeria and have been flying there for more than 75 years."
Nigeria threatened last month to reduce British Airways flights between London and the West African nation's commercial-hub Lagos to three from seven weekly, after London Heathrow stopped Arik Air flights from the capital Abuja.
A deal this week means all flights will continue until the end of the year when the Nigerian government wants something done about the high ticket costs on British airlines.
Nigeria's aviation ministry says British airlines charge far more to fly to Nigeria than to nearby Ghana, while it believes Arik Air should not have to pay high costs to land at Heathrow when Lagos airport doesn't charge those fees.
Britain has said that it can't control what private companies who control the airlines and airports charge but it is in constructive dialogue with the Nigerian government
Flights between Britain and Nigeria almost came to a halt this week but a last minute deal on Tuesday ensured British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Nigeria's flagship airline Arik Air continue to fly from London to Lagos and Abuja.
"We are charging British Airways USD$135 million and Virgin Atlantic USD$100 million for abuse of a dominant position, fixing prices, abusing fuel surcharges and taking advantage of passengers," said Harold Demuren, Director General of Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA).
"We have been investigating for the last six months. Lagos to London has the highest route yield in the world. Our market is open for exploration, not exploitation."
British Airways said it rejected the Nigerian authorities allegations and it was "vigorously defending our position".
"We pride ourselves on offering competitive fares, a choice of products and connections to our Nigerian customers," a statement from the airline said. "We remain committed to Nigeria and have been flying there for more than 75 years."
Nigeria threatened last month to reduce British Airways flights between London and the West African nation's commercial-hub Lagos to three from seven weekly, after London Heathrow stopped Arik Air flights from the capital Abuja.
A deal this week means all flights will continue until the end of the year when the Nigerian government wants something done about the high ticket costs on British airlines.
Nigeria's aviation ministry says British airlines charge far more to fly to Nigeria than to nearby Ghana, while it believes Arik Air should not have to pay high costs to land at Heathrow when Lagos airport doesn't charge those fees.
Britain has said that it can't control what private companies who control the airlines and airports charge but it is in constructive dialogue with the Nigerian government
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For once I'd like to see BA win this.
Well there's a surprise. It's called supply and demand and is one of many factors affecting ticket prices. Someone needs to give these self-righteous crap filled idiots a lesson in economics, not to mention many other things I could add but that would get me labelled 'racist'.
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BA should just ask the Nigerian government to send them £1m as an 'admin fee' to help them release the money. Then if the Nigerian government would just give BA its bank details and PIN number, BA will directly transfer all the money requested...
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Pretty pathetic, like someone said above, sniffs Nigerian scam but obviously isn't. Country is struggling, let's find more cash by either:
A) Phoning brits up pretending to be from the Bank of Nigeria.
B) Let's just fine their airlines in millions the number of wives I have.
Our survey says... B.
A) Phoning brits up pretending to be from the Bank of Nigeria.
B) Let's just fine their airlines in millions the number of wives I have.
Our survey says... B.
I wonder where they learnt to do that?? 