{"id":450561,"date":"2017-12-28T10:40:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-28T10:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/28\/boarding-denial-incident-tap-gacl-begin-investigations\/"},"modified":"2017-12-28T10:40:39","modified_gmt":"2017-12-28T10:40:39","slug":"boarding-denial-incident-tap-gacl-begin-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/28\/boarding-denial-incident-tap-gacl-begin-investigations\/","title":{"rendered":"Boarding denial incident: TAP, GACL begin investigations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Thursday, 28 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>thebftonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-28<\/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\/63143376.295.jpg\" alt=\"TAP Portugal\" title=\"TAP Portugal\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The airline has also assured the affected passengers that the incident will properly be investigated<\/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\/1514457639_879_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> TAP Air Portugal and the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) are investigating an incident involving two Ghanaian passengers who were denied boarding on an Accra-Sao Tome and Principe bound flight on December 23, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The airline, in a statement copied to the B&amp;FT said: \u201cWe sincerely apologize to all who were affected by the incident, and particularly to the two passengers who were directly affected.<\/p>\n<p>TAP Air Portugal together with the Ghana Airports Company has initiated investigations into the incident and will take the necessary action in accordance with law and our conditions of carriage after the investigations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The airline has also assured the passengers, through their representatives, that the incident will properly be investigated, and offending staff punished.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in contact with the representative of the two passengers and TAP Air Portugal has rendered our apologies to the passengers through their representative and we have assured that the incident will be properly investigated and dealt with,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The airline further assured the public of working assiduously to ensure that such incidents do not occur in the future and reiterated its commitment to the Ghanaian market.<\/p>\n<p>The number of Ghanaians visiting S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Principe, a twin Island in the Atlantic Ocean that lies on the equator, has increased by about 20 percent since the airline started servicing the route in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>This has necessitated the increase in flight frequency between the two countries to meet demand. Airline data available indicate that the total passenger uplift in 2016 from Accra to S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9 and Principe was 2,294, representing a 29 percent increase over the 2015 figure of 1,620.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 1945, the Lisbon-based airline flies to over 88 destinations in Europe, Latin America, North America, Africa, and Asia. As a member of the Star Alliance, it offers travellers more flying options to hundreds of destinations around the world.<\/p>\n<p>TAP was voted Europe\u2019s Leading Airline to Africa 2017; Europe\u2019s Leading Airline to South America 2017; and Europe\u2019s Leading Inflight Magazine 2017 at the World Travel Awards.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Tap was voted Europe\u2019s Leading Airline to Africa and Europe\u2019s Leading Airline to South America respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Under the rules of carriage by international airlines, usually attached to tickets issued by airlines, passengers who are denied boarding as a result of overbooking are entitled to an amount of compensation per their class of ticket and alternative arrangements made for them.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FGhanaHomePage%2Fvideos%2F1745769952167062%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=269\" width=\"269\" height=\"476\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 63 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Thursday, 28 December 2017 Source: thebftonline.com 2017-12-28 The airline has also assured the affected passengers that the incident will properly be investigated TAP Air Portugal and the Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) are investigating an incident involving two Ghanaian passengers who were denied boarding on an Accra-Sao Tome and Principe bound flight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":450562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-450561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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