Turkish Airlines
9 Oct
A Turkish Airlines pilot died after collapsing mid-flight, forcing the Turkish national carrier to make an emergency landing in New York, the airline said on Wednesday. The plane had taken off from the western US coastal city of Seattle on Tuesday evening, airline spokesman Yahya Ustun wrote on X, formerly Twitter. "The pilot of our…
27 May
The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) has refuted claims that the sacked Nigerian staff of Turkish Airlines were involved in $600,000 air ticket racketeering. The aviation union described the allegations that they picketed the airline in defense of the workers' wrongdoing as blatant and poorly formulated lies. Debunking the $600,000 ticket sales racketeering…
23 May
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has brokered peace between the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and Turkish Airlines, allowing the airline to airlift its Nigerian passengers stranded at the International wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos. This follows the picketing of the airline by the aviation union on Tuesday. Meanwhile,…
23 May
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), has said that it would not hesitate to invoke relevant sections of the organisation’s regulations to sanction Turkish Airlines over mistreatment of Nigerian passengers. NCAA’s Director, Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, Mr Michael Achimugu, disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos. Achimugu said that President Bola Tinubu had…
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