SAA contingency plan for suspended Abuja flights

SAA will suspend its direct
three weekly flights between
Johannesburg and Abuja,
Nigeria, effective March 6, due
to upgrades and repair work
on the runway.
Nnamdi Azikiwe International
Airport will close on March
8 for six weeks (see TNW
February 8).
Flight SA 088 from
Johannesburg to Abuja and
return flight SA 089 from
Abuja to Johannesburg will be
affected.
Agents should advise clients
who have already booked
flights and those planning
to travel to Nigeria over
this time that they will be
re-accommodated on flight
SA060 from Johannesburg to
Lagos and return flight SA061.
Passengers who have
rebooked on an SAA flight to
Lagos will have to find their
own way to and from Abuja at
their own cost.
These tickets must be
reissued before February 24
and travel must commence
between March 6 and April
18 for tickets to be reissued.
If a passenger does not want
to travel to Lagos, they can
request a full refund of the
unused ticket.
Passengers may travel
to Abuja at a later date by
requesting a date change on
an SAA-operated flight at no
extra charge, subject to the
same booking class being
available on the same routing.
Arik Air did not comment
at the time of publishing, but
other airlines, British Airways,
Lufthansa and Air France have
also suspended all flights to
and from the airport.