Yuletide: NCAA to prevent flight delays, cancellations

The Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, Captain Musa Nuhu, has advised Nigerians to expect flight cancellations during the yuletide season, stating that this can be as a result of different reasons.

It however said it was doing its best to mitigate the challenges.

In a statement made available to the press on Tuesday, the DG said, “Flight cancellations can come from many reasons. I am not making excuses for any operator; sometimes, you have a technical problem, weather and other disruptions that affect the flight schedules and sometimes, the airlines too, their planning is not the best.

“So, we work with everybody. It is not just the airlines; the airlines are part of the ecosystem in the airport. Whenever we have the yuletide, we are going to have surge in passenger traffic that may be beyond the terminal capacity.

‘’That one also has an impact on the departure of an airline. Sometimes, the handlers are overloaded because of the loads. It will have an impact on the plan of the airline. So, we are doing our best to mitigate the challenges.”

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