The Nigerian government said it has placed crew members of Flairjet, a British airline company under a 14-day quarantine.
Following the ban on commercial flights in the country, Flairjet was given the approval to operate only ‘humanitarian’ flights during the lockdown.
“But unfortunately, this company turned to become commercial in their service and they were charging money to fly people in and out,” he said.He also said the federal government would apply everything in the law to ensure a speedy and accurate investigation of the matter. “So this should not happen.The pilot will be subjected to 14-day quarantine while the investigation is on,” he said.The minister also hinted that plans are ongoing to get 100 per cent demurrage waivers for businesses in the aviation sector.
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