Aviation Unions Picket Air Peace Operations, Attack Workers over Refusal to Join Associations

*Disrupt over 70 Air Peace domestic, regional flights

*United Nigeria Airlines grounds operations in protest

Chinedu Eze

The National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and the Air Transport Service Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) early Tuesday picketed the operation of Nigeria’s leading carrier, Air Peace, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, forcing the airline to cancel over 70 daily flights.

Aviation Unions Picket Air Peace Operations, Attack Workers over Refusal to Join Associations

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