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9th Jan 2004, 18:50
Following are two articles related to stranded Nigerian passengers. Why is it that Nigeria can't seem to get reliable international air service?
Lagos
Stranded passengers of Rite-time World Airways have threatened to institute a 'class action' against the management of Ritetime World Airways for the unfair deal they had been subjected to in their bid to return to their base in the United States of America after their Christmas festivities in Nigeria.
World Airways is an American carrier which is into a contractual agreement with Ritetime Aviation, another American-based company owned by a Nigerian, Dr. Peter Obafemi, to operate direct flights between Nigeria and the United States.
The agreement led into the commencement of direct flights between both countries on May 29, 2003 with an MD-11 aircraft.
The current situation which resulted in passengers being stranded is reportedly occasioned by the inability of Ritetime Aviation to meet its financial obligations to the American Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The passengers, many of whom had been unable to return to their base since Saturday told newsmen at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos yesterday that the airline had failed to airlift them and at the same time put them incommunicado, threatening a class action against the airline.
They alleged that the management of the airline had left a notice at their office at the airport that passengers with problems should reach them on certain telephone numbers, adding that efforts to get through such numbers were not successful.
NCAA Seeks Succour for Stranded Passengers
By Ndubuisi Francis
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The nation's aviation regulatory body, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) disclosed yesterday that it has intervened in the current problem between Ritetime World Airways and stranded United States-bound passengers.
Scores of United States-bound passengers have been stuck at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos for some days following a face-off between Ritetime Aviation and the management of World Airways which has led to the withdrawal of the MD-11 aircraft that flys the route
World Airways is an American carrier which has a contractual agreement with Ritetime Aviation, another American-based company but owned by a Nigerian, to operate direct flights between Nigeria and the United States.
The current situation which resulted in passengers being stranded is allegedly occasioned by the inability of Ritetime Aviation to meet its financial obligations to the American Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The stranded passengers both in Lagos and the United States had threatened a class action suit against the airline for their ordeal.
Lagos
Stranded passengers of Rite-time World Airways have threatened to institute a 'class action' against the management of Ritetime World Airways for the unfair deal they had been subjected to in their bid to return to their base in the United States of America after their Christmas festivities in Nigeria.
World Airways is an American carrier which is into a contractual agreement with Ritetime Aviation, another American-based company owned by a Nigerian, Dr. Peter Obafemi, to operate direct flights between Nigeria and the United States.
The agreement led into the commencement of direct flights between both countries on May 29, 2003 with an MD-11 aircraft.
The current situation which resulted in passengers being stranded is reportedly occasioned by the inability of Ritetime Aviation to meet its financial obligations to the American Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The passengers, many of whom had been unable to return to their base since Saturday told newsmen at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos yesterday that the airline had failed to airlift them and at the same time put them incommunicado, threatening a class action against the airline.
They alleged that the management of the airline had left a notice at their office at the airport that passengers with problems should reach them on certain telephone numbers, adding that efforts to get through such numbers were not successful.
NCAA Seeks Succour for Stranded Passengers
By Ndubuisi Francis
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The nation's aviation regulatory body, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) disclosed yesterday that it has intervened in the current problem between Ritetime World Airways and stranded United States-bound passengers.
Scores of United States-bound passengers have been stuck at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos for some days following a face-off between Ritetime Aviation and the management of World Airways which has led to the withdrawal of the MD-11 aircraft that flys the route
World Airways is an American carrier which has a contractual agreement with Ritetime Aviation, another American-based company but owned by a Nigerian, to operate direct flights between Nigeria and the United States.
The current situation which resulted in passengers being stranded is allegedly occasioned by the inability of Ritetime Aviation to meet its financial obligations to the American Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The stranded passengers both in Lagos and the United States had threatened a class action suit against the airline for their ordeal.