Hundreds of passengers were stranded at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja over flight delays by airlines.
Mostly affected were the domestic travellers in what the airlines blame on aviation fuel scarcity.
An airport official said only two domestic flights had departed the airport early yesterday while nine others including a flight scheduled for 7:45am were shifted severally.
A notice from Aero and Arik airlines to passengers seen by DAILY TRUST reporter at the airport apologised to passengers in two different SMS announcing the delay and another announcing the new flight schedules.
Dana Air said it delayed its Abuja-Lagos flight earlier scheduled for10:45am to 12:25pm citing aviation fuel scarcity.
A passenger who identified himself as Dr. Bala said he was not happy over the delays as his airline announced the delay few minutes before departure and that has cost him his medical appointment.
Some airlines also cancelled their flights at the weekend. Aero Contractors in a statement yesterday appealed to its customers over the delays and cancellations of flights on Sunday and Monday which it attributed to fuel scarcity.
Mostly affected were the domestic travellers in what the airlines blame on aviation fuel scarcity.
An airport official said only two domestic flights had departed the airport early yesterday while nine others including a flight scheduled for 7:45am were shifted severally.
A notice from Aero and Arik airlines to passengers seen by DAILY TRUST reporter at the airport apologised to passengers in two different SMS announcing the delay and another announcing the new flight schedules.
Dana Air said it delayed its Abuja-Lagos flight earlier scheduled for10:45am to 12:25pm citing aviation fuel scarcity.
A passenger who identified himself as Dr. Bala said he was not happy over the delays as his airline announced the delay few minutes before departure and that has cost him his medical appointment.
Some airlines also cancelled their flights at the weekend. Aero Contractors in a statement yesterday appealed to its customers over the delays and cancellations of flights on Sunday and Monday which it attributed to fuel scarcity.
