Normal flight operations resume Wednesday at Lagos airport

Normal flight operations will resume on Wednesday at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, after labour unions suspended their nationwide strike for one week for negotiations with the Federal Government.

The aviation unions, who joined the suspended strike, have removed all barricades at the domestic wings of the airport, allowing both human and vehicular movement to resume.

Airline operators, who were intimated about the strike’s suspension after a meeting between the Federal Government and labour unions yesterday, are preparing to restart flight operations.

Although the Airport environment remains relatively deserted following the strike’s suspension, operators are optimistic that some passengers will be flown today, gradually reducing the backlog of flights scheduled for Monday.

The General Secretary of the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE), Comrade Ocheme Aba, said all members have been mobilized back to their offices.

“Due to the agreement with the presidency, the strike will be relaxed for one week starting from now to enable the tripartite committee to conclude deliberations on the minimum wage negotiation so, flight operations will resume now, have resumed actually because all the blockages have been removed”, he said.

Normal activities at the airport are expected to resume by Wednesday.