Passengers stranded as Aero Airlines workers embark on strike

Hundreds of passengers were today stranded at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos as the Aero Airlines workers embarked on strike.

Some of the passengers are contemplating taking legal action against Aero Airlines for making them miss their flights without any notice.

They described the action by the airline as grossly unpatriotic, even as they alleged that the airline only notified them that the flights were rescheduled to a later time.

As early as 5.00 am, some passengers that arrived the MMA 2, Ikeja, Lagos were disappointed that the airline was not operating any flight, yet did not give any notice of the industrial action embarked on by the staff.

Some of the passengers that besieged the head office of the airline, expressed disenchantment over the  attitude of Aero Airlines staff, who did not inform  them of the development, forcing them to miss very important business appointments.

Meanwhile, Aero Airlines has apologised in a statement, “Management wishes to apologise for the inconvenience suffered by our highly esteemed customers due to an abrupt industrial action by our staff which has led to grounding of all our scheduled operations.

“We are engaging with the Unions to find a quick and amicable resolution. Further details will be given in due course. Thank you for your understanding.”

Culled  from punch newspapers