The flight operations of Air Peace have been grounded as members of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, placed the airline’s terminals under lock and key.
The flight operations at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, have been disrupted. The disruption follows a protest by union members working with Air Peace.
An Air Peace flight scheduled to depart Lagos at 6:30 a.m. could not take off. It is the same situation across all airports nationwide.
When contacted, the Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Michael Achimugu confirmed the incident and promised to provide further details later.
“Yes, it is a union thing. When I get to the airport, I will be able to get more factual details of the situation, he said.
An X user, known as YoufoundAlex, took to his account and said:
“I have a 9:00 a.m. appointment in Abuja today, but unfortunately, I am currently stranded at the Lagos airport due to an ongoing protest by Air Peace workers, which has resulted in the shutdown of the airport and disruption of flights,” he wrote on X.
The development left passengers in Lagos stranded due to flight delays.
However, the management of Air Peace has yet to speak on the incident as of the time of filing this report. It could not be confirmed at the time of this report.
It remains unclear whether the incident affected the operations of other airlines.
