{"id":449454,"date":"2017-12-22T23:01:42","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T23:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/stranded-awa-passengers-threaten-to-sue-over-delayed-flight\/"},"modified":"2017-12-22T23:01:42","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T23:01:42","slug":"stranded-awa-passengers-threaten-to-sue-over-delayed-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/22\/stranded-awa-passengers-threaten-to-sue-over-delayed-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranded AWA passengers threaten to sue over delayed flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Friday, 22 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-22<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/10278056.295.jpg\" alt=\"Awa 22.jpeg\" title=\"Awa 22.jpeg\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The AWA management are yet to comment on these challenges<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513983702_483_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Ghana\u2019s only surviving domestic air service provider, Africa World Airlines (AWA) left many of its passengers stranded at the Tamale Airport on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the passengers have since threatened to sue the company as they lamented that the delay had negatively affected their schedules.<\/p>\n<p>A number of the angry passengers said they had purchased their air tickets as early as three weeks prior to the flight to Accra and had not expected such a delay.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers with return tickets for Thursday, November 21 , 2017 were compelled to stay in Tamale as a result of the cancelled flight, which management of AWA could not give a reason for.<\/p>\n<p>This additional cost and AWA\u2019s management failure to explain the hiccups incurred the wrath of the passengers who said they will use legal means to address the matter.<\/p>\n<p>An officer at the Ghana Health Service in Bolgatanga who was also affected, Michael Kyei Mensah, accused the AWA management of being indifferent despite the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are contract agreements that you book and pay for the tickets. I got to the airport, joined the queue and got to the counter only to be told that I was late for check-in for a flight that delayed for two hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am one of those passengers ready to sue Africa World Airlines because they can\u2019t be treating people like trash. I am even connecting to Kumasi only to be treated this way,\u201d he told Citi News.<\/p>\n<p>Others who could not control their anger vented their spleen on AWA officers at the Airport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot take the law into your hands and do what you want and tell us that we are late. 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