Passengers stranded nationwide as labour shuts down Arik Air

Air passengers were stranded at airports across the country yesterday, following crippling of Arik Air’s operations by protesting unions.

The National Union of Air Transport Employees, NUATE, the Air Transport Senior Staff Services Association of Nigeria, ATSSSAN, and the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers, NAAPE, had embarked on the protest due to the airline’s inability to pay its workers seven months salaries and other anti-labour practices.