How Air France left Lagos-bound passengers stranded at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris
According to
various social media posts, the passengers – mainly Nigerians – have been in
the airport for over 24 hours, sleeping in the lounge.
Air France
was alleged to have ignored the passengers’ situation, and also invited the
police on the passengers when they complained.
According to
an Instagram user, Seun Oloketuyi, the Air France flight was scheduled to leave
Paris by 7.00 am on August 25th.
He wrote,
“Lagos bound passengers waiting at Charles de Gaulle Airport Paris, some since
7:00am (Aug 25th) others from about 9:00am for their flight, left by Air France
to sleep in the Airport Lounge.
No sympathy
or empathy for the women and children. At least put them in a hotel!!! They
will be here till 4:00 pm of Aug 26th when they say their flight is likely to
depart.
This is so
unfair and unacceptable!”
In her post
on Facebook, Mercy Makinde, who also reported the ignoble situation of the
passengers, noted that the airline should have lodged the passengers in a hotel
She wrote,
“Do Nigerians really deserve to get treated like this by foreign airlines???
“It’s not
out of place for Airlines to have operational issues and if that happens you
lodge your passengers in a comfortable accommodation with adequate
compensation. But leaving them at the airport lounge and when they complain you
call the police for them is totally out of place !
“This is why
we should have our own National Carrier! Then we would have an option not to
fly these people. And when they know there is competition they will sit up! But
where they enjoy a route monopoly… they know you will always come back….they
are at liberty to treat you as they please.
#bringbacknigeriaairways.”
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