Turkish Airlines refutes report on FG suspending its operations

Turkish Airlines has denied reports of federal government suspending its operations.

On Thursday the Federal Government ordered the suspension of Turkish Airlines’ operations in Nigeria as a result of frequent poor passenger treatment.

The government gave the directive through the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, (NCAA) ordering the airline to suspend its operations until it is ready to operate with the right size of aircraft that can transport all passengers with their baggage at the same time.

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The directive came sequel to recent cases in which the airline failed to bring passengers into Nigeria together with their checked-in baggage.

However in a statement sent by the airline, it stated that there are reports circulating in several news websites that claim Turkish Airlines operations in Nigeria are suspended by NCAA.

“We would like to announce that our operations continue in all of our destinations in Nigeria. The news reports on the subject do not reflect the reality,” the airline stated.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.