The airline has, however, apologised for the flight disruption, promising to take care of the needs of those stranded.
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The convicted man was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
Like a bull in a China shop, he is bullish, uncouth, dangerously incompetent and painfully inconsiderate.
This was revealed in a message from British Airways Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sean Doyle, to its trade partners.
The action is in response to fears that the activation of the C-band strand of the mobile phone service near U.S. airports on Wednesday could disrupt planes’ navigation systems.
The Competition and Markets Authority said the companies should have issued refunds for the cancelled trips when planes were grounded due to the pandemic.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the court convicted and sentenced Tobiloba Bakare and Alimi Sikiru.
The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, gave the details when he spoke at the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 news briefing at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Thursday
“It is with great sadness that we can confirm we are proposing to retire our entire 747 fleet with immediate effect,” BA said in a statement.
The Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc, a subsidiary of SIFAX Group, has taken over the ground handling services of British Airways.
The details were provided on the Twitter handle of the Lagos State Ministry of Health, which has Prof. Akin Abayomi as Commissioner
The request was contained in a tweet by health authorities on Saturday after 10 more COVID-19 cases were confirmed in the country
The State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who disclosed this on Thursday while giving updates on COVID19 in Lagos
Shortly before the announcement, Nigeria recorded the third case of coronavirus in Lagos
The State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, revealed this on the Twitter handle of the Ministry on Tuesday
Several major European airlines on Monday said they would reduce their flights by up to 90 per cent amid the sharp fall in demand for air travel over the coronavirus pandemic.
In a leaked letter obtained by News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Friday, the commission mandated the Managing Director and the Country General Manager of the airline to appear before it on February 27 at 11am.
Four days after the quartet of British Airways, Rwandair, Emirates and Qatar Airlines diverted their flights from the Murtala Muhammad International Airport in Lagos to Kotoka International Airport, Accra, Ghana, about 1,500 Nigerian passengers are yet to be airlifted back to the country.
PRNigeria confirmed that some of the foreign flight diverted included British Airways from London, United Kingdom; Delta Airlines from, Atlanta, United States of America; and Emirates Airlines from Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Almost all flights by British Airways, totalling hundreds of departures, were cancelled on Monday as pilots launched a 48-hour strike in a dispute over pay.