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Sallah: Don’t exploit travellers, FG warns airlines

By on September 25, 2015

The Federal Government on Wednesday ordered airline operators not to take advantage of the Sallah rush by travellers to exploit the passengers.

It also assured Nigerians at home and those on pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, of smooth flight operations during and after the Eid el Fitri celebrations.

The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Aviation, Mrs. Binta Bello, gave the assurance in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday.

According to Bello, all agencies of the ministry have been directed to ensure safe and uninterrupted flight operations at all Nigerian airports, with particular emphasis on promptness of flights, safety and security of air passengers.

“She also charged airline operators not to use the usual rush to exploit travellers, and to make their operations more passenger-centred with serious attention to flight availability, timeliness, comfort of passengers and safe practices,” the ministry said in the statement.

The permanent secretary said the safety of the nation’s airports had been confirmed by the International Civil Aviation Organisation during its recent security audit of the aviation facilities.

She said the collaboration between the aviation security and other relevant agencies had resulted in a robust security set-up at the airports.

On the return of pilgrims from Mecca, Bello noted that with the ministry’s close collaboration with the National Hajj Commission, airline operators and the Saudi authorities, the return trips would be safe, smooth and on schedule.

 

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