FROM L-R (PICS 1): former managing Director, FAAN, Mr Richard Aisuebeogun, Vice Chairman Sahcol, Mr Chike Ogeah, Mrs Fartima Garbati former president of NATOP, Adefunke Adeyemi, Regional Director, IATA, Africa and Middle East, Wimpie Van Vuuren, Senior Manager, Sales and Cargo, Mr. Steve Isokariari , CEO Dial travel and tours and organiser 14th Akwaaba Travel Market, Mr Ikechi Uko at Aviation Day held in Lagos Tuesday. Aviation

Creating Wider Market for African Airlines

Last week at the 14th Akwaaba African Travel Market in Lagos, aviation experts x-rayed the opportunities offered by the Single African Air Transport Market for Nigerian and other African airlines in the continent. This writer urges that Nigerian carriers can take advantage of open sky for Africa to explore more routes in the region. Aviation […]

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Visa on Arrival, Ease of Doing Business Boost Foreign Direct Investments

Visa on Arrival (VOA), Ease of Doing Business policies introduced by the federal government at the nation’s major airports last year have  boosted foreign direct investment (FDI) by investors who were hitherto discouraged by the difficult visa process  in the past. THISDAY gather from senior official of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS),  at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport […]

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Open Sky: African Countries Frustrate Nigerian Airlines

Domestic airlines have accused some African countries of strategically blocking them from flying to their countries while their airlines  take advantage of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) to operate into Nigeria.  Executive Chairman, Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), Captain Nogie Meggison said that every African country targets the high passenger traffic in Nigeria while […]