Nigerian Airline operators seek govt’s intervention

The Airline Operators of Nigeria has appealed to the Federal govt to urgently intervene in making foreign exchange available for its members, following the threat by Lloyd’s of London to blacklist the country. The AON chairman has called on minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika, to as a matter of urgency, come to the aid of domestic airlines operating in the country. He called for a joint working group with the Federal Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria to forestall a potential backlash on the Nigerian economy. Lloyd’s had issued a warning to Nigerian airline operators that it might be forced to blacklist the country in the face of continued failure of some operators to pay their premiums regularly. <br/>