Festus KeyamoBy Dickson OmobolaUnions in the air transport sector have suspended their picketing on Nigeria’s largest airline, Air Peace, following the intervention of the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr Festus Keyamo. General Secretary of the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, ATSSAN, Mr Frances Akinjole, confirmed this to Vanguard. Labour unions had disrupted operations of Air Peace in the early hours of today, leaving several passengers stranded at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos, and the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport in Abuja. The unions stopped Air Peace’s operations as part of efforts to compel the airline to remit outstanding TSC payments and allow its staff unionise. The action also affected the operations of United Nigeria Airlines and Enugu Air which had to temporarily suspend operations to protect the safety of its passengers and crew.