“We Apologise for the Inconvenience”: Nigerian Airline Suspends Flight Operations

• Delta Airlines announced that it has suspended its operations due to technical issues
• It stated that the halt would persist until a vendor technical problem is resolved
• The airline claims that passengers on impacted flights will receive information

Legit.ng journalist Zainab Iwayemi has over 3-year-experience covering the Economy, Technology, and Capital Market.

Due to a technological issue, Delta Airlines has halted all of its flight operations.

The airline said in a statement that all Delta flights have been halted until a vendor technical problem is being resolved.

According to the airline, passengers whose flights are affected will get notifications from Delta via text message and the Fly Delta app.

“Customers should use the Fly Delta app for updates. We apologise for the inconvenience as our teams work through this issue,”

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the airline stated.

According to a BusinessDay report, this might also affect other carriers.

This comes after Legit.ng reported that Delta Airlines has revealed plans for a major expansion, with the reintroduction of daily flights to Lagos, Nigeria, from New York-JFK starting December 1.

Additionally, the airline is upgrading its fleet for service to Accra, Ghana (ACC), and South Africa.

It should be recalled that the airline earlier reported another round of strong earnings as it forecasted a record second quarter based on a consistently strong travel appetite.

This is after it saw its profits more than double in the fourth quarter last year, helped by strong travel demand, even as it trimmed its earnings expectations for 2024.

Air Peace, other increase one-way tickets by over N100,000

Travellers from Lagos to Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kaduna, Owerri, and Kano are now choosing to take the road instead of flying due to the ongoing increase in airfares.

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Using data from multiple domestic airlines, BusinessDay calculated the average price of a one-way ticket to any destination, and the results showed an increase of nearly N150,000 in only a single year.

The average cost of a one-way travel from Lagos to Abuja is currently N143,000, up from N51,000 sold the previous year, representing a 180.4% price rise.

Proofread by Kola Muhammed, journalist and copyeditor at Legit.ng

Source: Legit.ng