Nigeria: Travellers Cause Stir At Airport

21 April 2010

Lagos — London-bound stranded passengers of Arik Air, Wednesday, threatened to disrupt operations at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, if they were not airlifted immediately. They claimed to have run out of cash.

They accused the airline of shifting commencement of airlift to 29 April when other carriers such as British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways had started evacuating their stranded passengers to London since Tuesday.

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