Turkish Airlines says it will no longer accept Naira payments for tickets bought by its customers in Nigeria.
In a message to its partners on Thursday, the airline said it had commenced issuing tickets in US Dollars.
Turkish Airlines is one of the airlines on the APG IET platform that fly into Nigeria.
Earlier in April, the airlines, alongside other airlines through APG Interline E-Ticketing (IEG), said passengers would no longer be able to buy tickets in naira in the coming months.
The airline’s message to its partners reads;
“Dear Business Partner, Kindly be informed that as of today: only c and y fare classes will be available on gdss for sale in Nigeria. Unused tickets will be upgraded to y or c class for voluntary reissue cases, fare and tax difference shall be collected for inbound or outbound travel
“Multi city routes will not be combined with fares. All fare classes will be available for sale on Turkish Airlines official website and mobile app.
“Please kindly inform your subagents, members of staff and your clients accordingly.”
Nigeria is currently facing a forex exchange crisis which has made sourcing foreign exchange from banks very difficult.
