Ground Handlers at Airports Withdraw Services to Xejet Airlines

The Aviation Ground Handlers Association of Nigeria (AGHAN) on Monday directed its members to withdraw ground handling services from XEJet Airlines over outstanding debts of about N300 million. The association said the decision followed the airline's alleged failure to honour agreed payment plans despite repeated efforts by its members to recover the outstanding debts. In a joint statement signed by AGHAN President and Vice President, Olaniyi Adigun and Bashir Ahmed, respectively, the association said while several indigenous airlines had complied with payment arrangements reached with ground handling companies, XEJet had remained recalcitrant. AGHAN threatened that its members would continue to withhold services from the airline until its outstanding obligations were settled, adding that XEJet's management had also allegedly failed to engage its members in negotiations over the debts.

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