Some aggrieved Nigerians have decided to file a class action law- suit against Air France for what they described as the carrier’s inhuman treatment of travellers who are billed to travel to Nigeria. For more than one week, Air France had been in the news for the wrong reasons as their flights, particularly to Lagos were never on time as the carrier failed to inform connecting passengers and passengers from Charles De Gaulle Airport, Paris, of the change of schedule.

On getting to the airport, passengers, who arrived early for the 4pm flight, were confronted with the disappointment of flights not leaving until 10 pm with the passengers arriving the next day at 4am. Some of the passengers, who spoke to Saturday Telegraph from Paris, expressed their frustration at the behaviour of Air France alleging that they maltreat- ed them by not giving them compensation to cover the long hours of delay.

Some of the protesting passengers who were seen sleeping on the floor of the terminal said the action of the French carrier amounted to a violation of their rights. It was however not clear why Air France shifted its schedules out of Paris to Lagos abruptly as efforts to reach the carrier proved abortive.

One of the passengers, Capt. Noggie Meggison who was in transit from Canada told our correspondent said he had a heated argument with the staff of the airline in the Business Class Lounge as he expressed Nigerians’ dissatisfaction with the treatment meted out to the passengers. The argument led to a threat by the airline’s official to threaten to invite the Police; a situation that infuriated the former President of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON).

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