Nigeria is not benefitting from the lucrative international flights to different destinations in the world, which are known for providing the highest yield in Africa. In terms of revenue, partnership, employment, manpower development or technology transfer, Nigeria remains a loser, as foreign airlines record high load factor out of different airports from the country. What […]
In what seems to have become a perennial problem, air travellers have thumbed down the poor facilities at the international wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, now known as old terminal. Those who travelled through the terminal in the last two weeks have severely complained about the poor cooling system, forcing some passengers to remove […]
The Accident Investigation Bureau, Nigeria (AIB-N) has released four preliminary reports on serious incidents and accident involving aircraft owned and operated by United Nigeria Airlines Limited, Max Air, Air Peace and the Nigerian Police Air Wing. The preliminary reports include that of the serious incident involving the United Nigeria Airlines Embraer 145LR aircraft with nationality and […]
Aviation industry stakeholders have chided the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) over what they described as the lack of effective economic regulation of Nigerian airlines. This, they stressed, is attributable the short life span of Nigerian carriers. According to industry analysts, the average lifespan of 10 years of Nigerian carriers is a s a result […]
The immediate past President of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA) and the Managing Director of Finchglow Group, Bankole Bernard has called on the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to strengthen its consumer protection department to protect travellers from exploitation by airlines. Bernard said that since the department was downgraded to a department […]
