The General manager, Public Affairs, Sam Adurogboye, has confirmed meetings with the Turkish airlines last week but said that the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA is monitoring the compliance to the directives to the Airlines by the agency.
“We met on Friday the 13th of December 2019, after we have given the Airline an Ultimatum to comply with our directives by 16th. We reached an agreement with the Airlines to comply with our directives. We are monitoring their compliance”, Adurogboye said.
With this, the clearance of the backlog of excess luggage is being effected. There appears to be no fresh complaints from passengers.
Recall that NCAA had suspended Turkish Airlines operations in Nigeria.
In a letter dated Dec. 11, with reference no. NCAA/DG/12/16/60 signed by the Acting Director General, NCAA, Capt. Sidi Abdullahi, it said the suspension was with effect from Dec. 16.
NCAA had insisted the suspension will not be lifted until the airline was prepared to operate into the country with the right aircraft size and eliminate baggage arrival delays to passengers.
But with the meeting with the Airline, the sanction was lifted as the Airline has agreed to instantly upgrade the Boeing 737 – 800 to a larger Airbus A330 and Boeing 737 – 900. This is expected to accommodate more baggage allowance and return baggage along with passengers without their having to wait for days to receive their luggage.
