Stakeholders in the aviation industry are convinced that if the right policies are put in place to address growth challenges, the aviation industry will double its current workforce, generate more businesses and up the country’s GDP. Many aviation industry players have said that the air transport industry in Nigeria lags behind in many ways, insisting […]
During a tour of Ethiopia Aviation University in Addis Ababa in November 2023, this writer and other members of the team from Nigeria came into a class where over 30 students from Akwa Ibom State were being trained on aircraft maintenance by seasoned young instructors. What was particularly interesting about the beneficiaries of the training […]
One of Africa’s successful travel markets, the Akwaaba African Travel Market, has attained a milestone for recording 20 years existence in the turbulent business climate in the continent. Akwaaba Africa Travel Market, the foremost travel and tourism fair in Nigeria and West Africa, is gearing up to celebrate two decades of shaping the landscape of […]
In this Interview, the Managing Director/CEO Anambra International Cargo Passenger Airport, Anambra State, Martins Nwafor said some state airports have become waste of economic resources but insisted that some others could be highly productive. Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) said recently in Abuja that many state owned airports could be waste […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has projected that there will be increased profitability for airlines in 2023, which will then largely stabilize in 2024. However, IATA said net profitability at the global level is expected to be well below the cost of capital in both years and very significant regional variations in financial performance […]
