The federal government Tuesday said it will begin to compel airlines to compensate passengers for delayed or cancelled flights, starting from January 2024.
The Minister of Aviation, Festus Keyamo stated this when he appeared before the Joint National Assembly Committee on Aviation to defend his ministry’s 2024 budget.
He said erring airlines that delayed or cancelled flights will be published every week.
“I have said at the last address that I gave during our stakeholders meeting in Lagos and our retreat in Warri. I said every week, please publish the list of airlines that they do not fly as at when due, cancelled flights, delayed flights, how many hours it was delayed, was there compensation, and actions they took as regulator against these airlines. We are starting that in January,” he said.
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The aviation minister proposed that a discount should be deducted from the flight tickets of airlines that delayed passengers as part of the compensation.
He also restated that the best option to develop Nigerian airports is through concessions to investors.
“Private Partnership must come to the fore. It is not even negotiable; we don’t have the funds to do so.
“In concession, we will give the people what we want, not what they want. We have to decide what we want.
“We want to go ahead but I want every one of us to sit down, and look for the best hands, we should go to the end of this world to look for the best and the best thing for Nigeria and raise our offer to tier one, not tier two. Tier one investors come to Nigeria and build our gateway for us,” he added.
