A passenger has petitioned the Minister of Aviation, HadiSirika and the management of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) over the alleged maltreatment of Nigeria bound passengers flying on Air France.
In a letter sent to the Minister and NCAA, the passenger explained how an Abuja bound Air France flight AF878 from Charles De Gaulle, on December 29, 2019, took a detour to Chad without informing the passengers at the point of ticket purchase or even planning of trips.
According to the passenger, to make matters worse, when the flight finally got to Abuja, a quarter of the passengers’ luggage did not arrive with them, while others that were lucky to see their luggage discovered that their bags were opened and possibly pilfered from Paris with valuable items taken out.
Most of the passengers were coming from different countries and were supposed to proceed to further destinations in Nigeria to be able to spend the new year but could not do so with some missing their business meetings over what they described as Air France negligence and shabby treatment of Nigerians.
“Up till now, some passengers have not recovered their missing luggage. This is also in addition to the fact that most of the time, Air France deliberately assigns old aircraft for the Nigerian leg of the journey as they did in November 2019. Time has come for the aviation authorities to investigate these shabby treatment of Nigerian inbound and outbound passengers from Charles De Gaulle Airport. Minister, Kindly do something about it please,” the passenger pleaded.