Turkish Airlines pledges compliance

Anietie Udobit,Abuja

Following the suspension of Turkish Airlines operations into Nigeria, the Acting Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) Capt. Abdullahi Sidi, today met with the management of  the Airline at the NCAA Office in Abuja.
At the end of the meeting, the Airline’s executives pledged to commence immediately freight of all left over passengers’ baggage back in Turkey.

According to them, this will be achieved by instantly upgrading the Boeing 737 – 800 being used and found inadequate to a larger Airbus A 330 and Boeing 737 – 900.

The programme of clearance will be carried out from 13th to 17th December, 2019.

Earlier, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) with a letter dated 11th December, 2019, with reference no. NCAA/DG/12/16/60 suspended Turkish Airlines operations into Nigeria with effect from the 16th December 2019, if the right size of aircraft is not deployed to the service of Nigerians at all airports in the country.

The Regulatory Authority expects strict compliance to this remedial programme and warns all operators to ensure Nigerians are not taken for granted by providing safe, secure and efficient service.