Ground handlers suspend XEJET services over alleged N300m debt

Summary

Ground handlers have stopped providing services to XEJET Airlines over an estimated N300m debt.

Highlights

• The Aviation Ground Handlers Association of Nigeria said members were directed to withdraw services from the airline.
• AGHAN said XEJET repeatedly failed to honour payment plans reached with ground handling companies.
• The association said some other indigenous airlines had followed agreed repayment schedules in similar cases.
• AGHAN said the move was meant to protect its members’ operations and finances amid rising costs.