Nigeria, Aug. 11 -- The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has appealed to aviation unions to suspend their ongoing industrial action against Air Peace, saying the dispute should be resolved through dialogue as the action continues to disrupt flight operations and inconvenience passengers.

The regulator made the appeal in a statement issued on Tuesday by its Director-General, Chris Najomo, amid the picketing of Air Peace operations at the Lagos and Abuja airports by aviation unions.

The unions accused the airline of making it difficult for workers to freely join trade unions and allegedly withholding the five per cent Ticket Sales Charge (TSC) already collected from passengers.

The industrial action has affected Air Peace flights....