The Oyo and Anambra state governments have commended Air Peace for its ‘N o city left behind’ programme, which links different parts of the country by air. The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, who welcomed the airline when it made its scheduled flight operations to Ibadan Airport, said the coming of Air Peace to […]
Aviation industry experts have said that ground-handling companies at the nation’s airports lose about $28,350,000 (about N14, 175 billion) annually to inappropriate pricing of their services. Thus, experts have warn that if the current rates charged airlines by the handling companies; foreign and local, are not reviewed, the ground handlers may go under, while safety […]
Airlines are complaining about the spiraling increase of aviation fuel price, which has recently risen to N305.00 per litre. The airlines are facing a dilemma. If they reflect the new price on airfares, the fares would become outrageously high that many who travel by air may not be able to afford it. But if they […]
New airlines have started flight operations in Nigeria, others are about to start, but there has been persistent argument that Nigerian carriers do not make profits. Chinedu Eze examines the motive behind the establishment of these airlines and their survival in the long term. It is almost a cliché in the Nigerian aviation industry that […]
The federal government has insisted that it must concession Nigeria’s major airport terminals to secure investors that would expand the facilities in order to meet increasing passenger traffic, projected to reach 55 million by 2024. This is in line with the projection of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which stated that air transport growth […]
