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\n \u2013 \n \n Mr. Michael Achimugu, who serves as the Director of Consumer Protection and Public Affairs at NCAA, issued a statement on Thursday expressing concern over numerous complaints they have received. The complaints involve airlines selling tickets to passengers but then transporting them only partway to their destination before returning them to Nigeria.\n<\/p>\n \n The declaration warned that any airline failing to comply with this regulation would face regulatory measures such as penalties, suspensions of flight operations, or other actions.\n<\/p>\n \n Achimugu stated that these measures, which included denying boarding or entry at various transit points for certain Nigerian citizens because of visa problems, were leading to considerable discomfort among travelers and damaging the image of Nigeria\u2019s aviation sector.\n<\/p>\n \n Achimugu stated that the NCAA deemed these practices unacceptable, emphasizing that airlines have the duty to notify travelers about any possible obstacles regarding their admission at their final destination prior to beginning their journey.\n<\/p>\n \n He stated that passengers ought not to find themselves in a situation where they are refused entry or sent back to Nigeria upon reaching transit points.\n<\/p>\n \n He stated: “As per the stipulations outlined in Chapter 19.21.1.1 of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Regulations 2023, every airline along with their representatives must guarantee that travelers are made aware of any possible admission concerns or travel limitations prior to their departure.”\n<\/p>\n \n Airlines are required to implement suitable procedures for screening and should furnish passengers with correct, current details about their travel documents and visa prerequisites prior to selling tickets and allowing them to board.\n<\/p>\n \n Given this situation, the NCAA notifies all foreign carriers active in Nigeria that they can no longer ignore these incidents.\n<\/p>\n \n He urged the airlines to uphold the integrity and professionalism of the aviation sector along with safeguarding the welfare of Nigerian travelers.\n<\/p>\n Provided by Syndigate Media Inc. ( Atlanta, Georgia, at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, with Delta Airlines airplanes visible on the tarmac. (Image by: Jeff Greenberg\/Education Images\/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) \u2013 Threatens Fines, Sanction LAGOS \u2013 The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is annoyed by the recurring issue of Nigerian passengers being improperly handled and deported at their transit airports […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[695,697,720,646,360],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-travel","category-airline-industry","category-civil-aviation","category-flights","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanggraloka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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