The NCAA says Asky airline has not demonstrated any capacity to prevent another possible transportation of Ebola victims into Nigeria.
The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, has suspended all Asky Airline flight operations to Nigeria over the transportation of an Ebola virus victim into the country.
Benedict Adeyileka, the Acting Director-General of NCAA, announced the decision in a statement issued by the General Manager, Public Communications of NCAA, Fan Ndubuoke, in Lagos on Monday.
He said that the regulatory authority had to take the action to protect Nigerians from the deadly Ebola virus currently ravaging some parts of Africa.
ASky Airline is an important player in East, West and Central Africa, operating 80 flights into Lagos and Abuja weekly.
The airline flew a Liberian infected with Ebola virus into Lagos, where he died.
Mr. Adeyileka said the Country Manager of ASky was invited to explain issues relating to the trip but that he could not offer any conclusive or substantial evidence on the matter.
He said that the airline manager did not demonstrate any capacity to be able to prevent a reoccurrence or possible transportation of Ebola victims into Nigeria.
“This is contrary to the provision of Article 14 of the Chicago Convention,1944, which states that `Each contracting State agrees to take effective measures to prevent the spread by means of air navigation, of cholera.
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