The Guardian learnt that a lot of the stranded air passengers resorted to travel by road after hours of waiting at the airports. The Spokesperson of the airlines, Chris Iwarah, said the harmattan haze was intense with attendant poor visibility for aircraft operations. “I want to believe you know that this market adds N1.5 billion to the Nigerian economy daily from those deals. The Communication Manager of Dana Air, Kingsley Ezenwa, confirmed that the airlines cancelled 10 local flights due to the earlier plan to have presidential elections on February 16. “It is quite disturbing because we have earlier had to persuade passengers to reschedule their flights from today.

Source: The Guardian February 18, 2019 04:41 UTC