“We apologize for the inconvenience”: Nigerian airline suspends flight operations

• Delta Airlines announced that it has suspended operations due to technical issues
• It said that the stop would last until a technical problem with the provider was resolved.
• The airline claims that passengers on affected flights will receive information

Legit.ng journalist Zainab Iwayemi has over three years of experience covering business, technology and capital markets.

Due to a technical problem, Delta Airlines has suspended all flight operations.

The airline said in a statement that all Delta flights were suspended until a technical issue with the supplier was resolved.

According to the airline, passengers whose flights are affected will be notified by Delta via text message and the Fly Delta app.

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“Customers should use the Fly Delta app for updates. We apologize for the inconvenience while our teams work on this issue,”

the airline said.

According to a report by BusinessDay, this could also affect other network operators.

This comes after Legit.ng reported that Delta Airlines announced plans for a major expansion that includes the reinstatement of daily flights from New York-JFK to Lagos, Nigeria, beginning December 1.

In addition, the airline is upgrading its fleet for flights to Accra, Ghana (ACC) and South Africa.

It is worth recalling that the airline had previously reported another round of strong earnings as it forecast a record second quarter due to continued strong travel appetite.

This came after the company’s profit more than doubled in the fourth quarter of last year thanks to strong travel demand, even as the company revised down its earnings expectations for 2024.

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Due to ongoing price increases, travelers from Lagos to Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kaduna, Owerri and Kano are now choosing to travel by car rather than by plane.

Using data from several domestic airlines, BusinessDay calculated the average price of a one-way ticket to any destination and the results showed an increase of almost N150,000 in just a single year.

The average cost of a one-way ticket from Lagos to Abuja is currently N143,000 (compared to N51,000 last year), representing a price increase of 180.4%.

Source: Legit.ng