‘Why Azman Air suspended domestic flight’

Azman Air, one of the nation’s domestic airlines, has suspended its domestic flights for the past two weeks due to lack of serviceable aircraft, Daily Trust learnt.

Our correspondent reports that many passengers and stakeholders of the airline have been at a loss as to the sudden suspension of domestic flights by the airline.

One of the staff who spoke with our correspondent on the condition of anonymity said, “We have not been operating for the past two weeks now but we don’t know what is happening.

“Many passengers were asking us when are we resuming but we didn’t really have any clue. It was later that we were told that we don’t have any aircraft serviceable.”

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Daily Trust gathered that the airline suspended flights because all its aircraft were due for maintenance.

One of the officials who spoke with our correspondent said the airline on its own suspended flights to enable it carry out scheduled maintenance on the aircraft.

“This action is part of our commitment to safe flight operation and we will never compromise safety in our operation.”

It was further learnt that the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) was informed of the development.

When contacted yesterday, a spokesperson for the airline, Mr. Nura Aliyu said two of the aircraft would arrive next week for the airline to resume operation.

“All our aircraft are under maintenance but we will resume operations by next week by the grace of God. Two of our aircraft will arrive by next week,” he said.