Togo is a small country in West Africa with a population of 8.849 million as at 2022, covering an area of 21, 925 square miles, but despite its population size, Togo operates an airline that is West Africa’s best performing carrier, Asky Airlines. With 14 aircraft in its fleet, Asky Airlines operates to 28 destinations […]
Nigeria is losing huge revenue in the tourism market as a result of its unpreparedness to play big in the market, even though it could do more to become a major player in the tourism industry. On arrival from Kenya via Lome, Togo on Monday this week, I noticed there was a small room at […]
The Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs Olubunmi Kuku, has intervened to resolve the dispute on the Boeing 737-NG full flight fire simulator acquired in 2019 by the federal government and installed at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT). Rising from a meeting held in the MD/CE’s Boardroom […]
It has emerged that the inability of Nigerian owned airlines to maintain their aircraft is worsening the prohibitive fares and low capacity As at the last count, over 50 per cent of aircraft owned by Nigerian airlines are either parked at airports or at maintenance facilities in Nigeria or overseas, a development that has led […]
Following the recent industrial action embarked upon by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), aviation industry stakeholders have warned that disruptions are disincentive to investment in the sector. It is estimated that the recent strike action embarked by the NLC and associated unions led to a loss of about N3 billion […]
