There seems to be no much to cheer in the aviation sector, as stakeholders call for reform of the industry. 2023 cannot be described as great year in the aviation industry because there has been no spectacular performance; rather, the downside of events threatens to drown the few achievements. It was the year that Nigerians […]
For several years, air travellers in Nigeria have complained about the toilets at the airports, describing them as dirty, squalid and dilapidated. As a matter of fact, many Nigerians and foreigners familiar with the toilets don’t use them; they rather wait till they get home before they relieve themselves or they seek for alternatives to […]
While MMA2 is grossly underutilised due to government policy, other terminals lack basic infrastructure despite high passenger throughput There has been progressive increase in the number of passengers that use Nigeria’s airports both for domestic and for international flight operations. For many years, the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), which controls about 26 airports […]
One major thing that would be etched in the minds of air travellers in Nigeria in 2023 would be what many described as outrageous airfares that rose to almost N200, 000 for one way ticket at the peak of the Yuletide season. Airlines found it very difficult convincing travellers that domestic tickets could be sold […]
There is growing lack of confidence in the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), which peaked in 2023 and has aroused the fear that if firm action is not taken, flights may start falling from the skies in 2024. Stakeholders told THISDAY that the ineffectiveness of NCAA, which caused a lot of challenges in 2023 must […]
