Airlines Scrap Plan to Ground Flights as Nigeria Offers to Talk
Passengers wait in line at the departure terminal of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, in Abuja, Nigeria.
Photographer: Kola Sulaimon/AFP/Getty Images
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Nigerian airlines have suspended plans to ground flights starting Monday over the high cost of aviation fuel that is crippling their businesses and making operations unprofitable.
The Airline Operators of Nigeria “acceded to requests to withdraw the action” until the union could hold a fresh round of talks with the government, it said in a statement on Sunday. “We have also reached the decision with the highest consideration for our esteemed customers who have been faced with uncertainty over the last few days,” it said.