Fg Gives Aero Contractors 30 Days To Compensate Passengers

The Federal government through the office of the Consumers Protection Agency (CPC) on Monday gave the management of Aero contractors 30 days within which to compensate 39 passengers whose flight were cancelled and left to sleep over at the airport on November 8, 2013. The passengers were booked to leave Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja to Lagos by 6pm on the said date but were left stranded overnight at the airport. Speaking in Lagos yesterday, director general of CPC, Mrs Dupe Atoki, the affected 39 passengers are to be paid N1.579 million being the cost of reliefs that should have been provided during the period of delay as well as 25 per cent of passengers' ticket value for the cancellation of the flight without notice in line with the Passenger Bill Right (PBR). Atoki said if the airline failed to pay the compensation within the stipulated period, its managing director would be prosecuted and risk three years jail term