XEJet loses ground handling services over N300m debt

By Dickson Omobola
Aviation Ground Handlers Association of Nigeria, AGHAN, has directed 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.
President of AGHAN, Olaniyi Adigun, and Vice President, Bashir Ahmed, in a statement, said while several indigenous airlines had complied with payment arrangements, XEJet had not done so.
They stated that they would continue to withhold services from the airline until its outstanding obligations were settled, a...