Olakunle Adebiyi (not real name), a Lagos-based civil engineer, has narrated how Aero Contractors, a Nigerian airline, cancelled his flight ticket on March 24 and withheld his N58,510.

Adebiyi told FIJ that the airline cancelled his ticket the same day he booked his Abuja-Lagos flight because they couldn’t confirm his reservation.

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“In the early hours of March 24, I booked a ticket from Abuja to Lagos online with Aero Contractors for a 2:55 pm flight,” he told FIJ.

“But I didn’t realise the ticket had been cancelled until I got to the airport to board on the same day.”

The civil engineer said he immediately reached out to the airline for a refund but his request was not acknowledged.

“After my ticket was cancelled, I reached out to Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank), because it was the bank I used to pay for the ticket, and asked them for a refund.

“The bank told me that my refund would come from the airline and not them.

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“I then reached out to Aero Contractors, and at some point, they said they would process my refund in two weeks.

“After the time frame elapsed, I contacted them subsequently, but I am yet to receive my refund.

“It is eight months since they cancelled my ticket, and I have received nothing from them.”

FIJ sent an email to Aero Contractors on Friday but had not received a response at press time.