Arik Air and
Virgin Atlantic Airways were yesterday forced to divert their inbound
international flights from London-Heathrow to the Murtala Muhammed
International Airport (MMIA), Lagos while domestic airlines had all
their early morning flights delayed due to poor visibility caused by
bad weather for over three hours.
Arik Airlines diverted its flight heading to Lagos from London-Heathrow to Port Harcourt because of the foggy weather condition which disrupted flight operations at the airport while Virgin Atlantic Airways, which regularly arrive MMIA, Lagos from London-Heathrow in the early hours of the morning was diverted to neighbouring African country, Ghana.
Speaking on the situation, Public Relations Officer, Arik Air, Mr. Banji Ola who confirmed the poor weather condition that hinders visibility in Lagos said that the foggy weather affected its London and Dakar flights that were coming into the country.
He explained further that with the bad weather, no flight could land or take-off in Lagos for over three hours in the morning.
“It is true we diverted our London and Dakar flights to Port Harcourt today (yesterday). The weather could not allow aircraft to land or take-off in Lagos and for safety reasons, we flew to Port Harcourt and when the weather normalized, we flew to Lagos” he affirmed.
Meanwhile, Spokesman for Virgin Atlantic Airways, Mr. Kudirat Scot-Igbene who also confirmed the diversion of its London flight to Accra, Ghana because of foggy weather pointed out that the passengers were later airlifted to Lagos when the weather got improved.
Also, the Communication Manager, Dana Air, Mr. Tony Usidamen said that its early morning flight out of Abuja was affected by the poor visibility in the morning.
Usidamen noted that its 7am flight to Lagos was delayed for over two hours because of hazy weather, saying that for safety reasons, it stayed in Abuja for the weather to improve.
Arik Airlines diverted its flight heading to Lagos from London-Heathrow to Port Harcourt because of the foggy weather condition which disrupted flight operations at the airport while Virgin Atlantic Airways, which regularly arrive MMIA, Lagos from London-Heathrow in the early hours of the morning was diverted to neighbouring African country, Ghana.
Speaking on the situation, Public Relations Officer, Arik Air, Mr. Banji Ola who confirmed the poor weather condition that hinders visibility in Lagos said that the foggy weather affected its London and Dakar flights that were coming into the country.
He explained further that with the bad weather, no flight could land or take-off in Lagos for over three hours in the morning.
“It is true we diverted our London and Dakar flights to Port Harcourt today (yesterday). The weather could not allow aircraft to land or take-off in Lagos and for safety reasons, we flew to Port Harcourt and when the weather normalized, we flew to Lagos” he affirmed.
Meanwhile, Spokesman for Virgin Atlantic Airways, Mr. Kudirat Scot-Igbene who also confirmed the diversion of its London flight to Accra, Ghana because of foggy weather pointed out that the passengers were later airlifted to Lagos when the weather got improved.
Also, the Communication Manager, Dana Air, Mr. Tony Usidamen said that its early morning flight out of Abuja was affected by the poor visibility in the morning.
Usidamen noted that its 7am flight to Lagos was delayed for over two hours because of hazy weather, saying that for safety reasons, it stayed in Abuja for the weather to improve.
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