British Airways' bed bugs infestation scandal on their Ghana flight has gone global as the world's biggest newspapers have covered the report, shaming the air transportation giants.
A British Airways flight to Ghana was grounded this week at London’s Heathrow Airport for four hours after bed bugs were found crawling on the seats.
The cabin crew had walked out minutes before the scheduled takeoff when they discovered the bed bug infestation, reported The Sun newspaper on Sunday.
A replacement plane was found and passengers were able to continue their journey only some four hours later, e drawing condemnation from the Ghana government.
Now some of the big newspapers in the world including the New York Times, The UK Times, The Daily Mail, The Sun Newspapers, Indian Times, The Strait Times and many many others in the world reported on the story.
The revelation has scandalized and embarrassed the British firm while hurting their business opportunities in the growing competitive industry.
The British firm's flagrant disregard for Ghana is well documented and the latest scandal comes just three months after Ghanaians forced the airline to change its aircrafts to Ghana over its poor quality and bad services.
In a major embarrassment for the airline, over 2000 Ghanaians in the United Kingdom coming to Ghana, petitioned the airline to change the plane they would be traveling in to Accra.
The petitioners led by the founder of UK Based Awards (GUBA) Akosua Dentaa Amoateng MBE stated among other things the bad conditions passengers to Accra face.
They argue that the aircraft is below standard making traveling such a long distance very uncomfortable.
A petition signed by Dentaa Amoateng who is an award-winning British Ghanaian entrepreneur said the flights to and from Accra now operate out of Terminal Three at Heathrow – not Terminal Five, the flagship terminal opened in 2008.
Dentaa in the statement also said terminal Three is not so convenient a place as Terminal Five.
Based on the pressure, British Airways heeded to their petition on Monday November 13, 2017 and has now given the passengers Boeing 747-400 Trans-Atlantic.
Source: ghanaguardian.com
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Hmmmm it is a shame that this is now being noticed. You should fly BA from Accra to UK and make a transit with the same airline to the USA or another country, then you will realize that BA has no respect for Ghanaians. I flew BA to London my TV screen never worked I complained severerally they told me they were working on it. Nothing happened but when I made a transit to US I saw the difference clean aircraft you could charge you phone and the TV screens were bigger and the remote control was cool. But the one from Accra Oh my God dirty seats and the crew very unfriendly. I asked for an extra drink on BA flight to the US and the attendant politely brought it to me. I asked the same thing from Accra to London and I regretted for asking. BA must sit up. This condemnation from GHANA I think is late because the complains against them is not new. Thanks they have been found out.
Massa; Every Ghanaian should understand that British Airways have no respect for the Ghanaian because like the Jewish they cannot be friends with you because you are not Jewish and not part of them because they believe they are the choosen people everybody is cursed but they love your money and that is where it ends ;British Airways makes millions out of the Ghanaian passengers and unlike most of the old churches from the UK at least they contribute to our society by building hospitals and schools ; has British Airways done anything -NO CHANCE ; all they do is just take our money and offer the Ghanaian SHEEET !!!!! ; even when our President Nana Addo complains but they ignore our President because they think we are from the shithole continent and are very ***barred word*** and clueless ; the question you ask is are these aircrafts not fumigated as a routine maintenance besides the idea that they have given us a new aircraft 747-400 is bogus and false because this aircraft is an old aircraft ; the food on the their flights are appalling ; just observe the rice and fish or meat they serve ; massa you will not give it to your dog ; and as for their service team complete uless; the truth is that Ghanaians cannot afford to run an airline today because we do not have the cash besides even if we had an airline we cannot manage it because it will be run like the former Ghana Airways for family and friends besides like Donald Trump described us we are part of a big shithole aimless and clueless like crabs in a tank pulling each other down by stilling our state resources and hiding them abroad ; how can one former President and his wife acquire 22 properties in the UK whilst his own people are suffering ; how can one President and his ministers still to purchase flats and Hotels in Dubai whilst his own people are unemployed ; IT IS NO DOUBT WHY BA AIRWAYS HAVE NO RESPECT FOR US AND ALLOW BED BUGS TO ***barred word*** OUR BLOOD ON THE PLANE BECAUSE WE ARE STOOOOOPID !!!!!!!!ALL WE NEED TO DO IS JUST WALK AWAY AND USE OTHER AIRLINES AND STOP THIS FAMA NYAME MANRA !!!!BY GHANAIANS !!!!