Latest News

NCAA wades into Arik/passengers rift

Published by

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has waded into the rift between Arik and its passengers over the failure of the airline to ferry their baggage from London Heathrow, since Friday, 2nd December 2016.

Consequently, a letter to the effect has been issued by the Authority to Arik Airlines. giving the airline 48 hours within which the backlog of all short landed baggage MUST be ferried into Lagos.

Similarly, NCAA has also in line with Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations (NCARs) 2015, part 19, directed that all passengers with short landed baggage MUST be offered CARE and compensation in line with part 19. 17. 2.1 (b) of the Regulation.

A compliance report including but not limited to the list of affected passengers, details of passengers handling should be forwarded to the Authority within 96 hours from the receipt of the letter from the Authority.

According to NCAA, “Passengers are also enjoined to exercise restraint while dealing with such challenging issues in the airports.

“Flight delays are normal occurrences in aviation and rather than resort to violence, passengers are assured of the readiness of NCAA to continue to protect the rights and privileges of all stakeholders within the ambit of the law so as to ensure safety and security of the aviation industry.”

Recent Posts

NSCC lauds Cross River gov for signing Senior Citizens Centre bill into law

Dr. Omokaro expressed hope that the new law would create a strong framework to meet…

58 minutes ago

Tinubu inherited ‘badly mismanaged’ economy — Oshiomhole 

“Truly, this country was badly mismanaged. The economy was badly mismanaged. This is not to…

60 minutes ago

Lagos LG polls: APC leaders deny alleged imposition of candidates  

They claimed that the accusers are not active members of the APC and have not…

1 hour ago

Police clarify claim of helicopter delivering food to bandits in Kogi

The statement explained that the operation in question was carried out on Saturday, 10th May,…

2 hours ago

Atiku most popular defector in Nigeria’s history — Oshiomhole

“But let me remind you that those who started defection, the most popular one in…

2 hours ago

Can Meta’s threat whittle down FCCPC’s legal powers?

Meta is currently in trouble in Nigeria like it is in some other countries of…

2 hours ago

Welcome

Install

This website uses cookies.