The Rector of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Captain Abdulasalami Mohammed said over 300 Nigerian pilots are unemployed because they seek to operate commercial airlines after training. He therefore advised newly trained pilots to seek to fly private airplanes, including sortie aircraft and others under General Aviation to gain experience before applying […]
At the just-concluded ICAO World Aviation Forum organised by the International Civil Aviation Organisation in collaboration with the federal government, industry experts identified poor airport infrastructure, high taxation of airlines and non-liberalisation of Africa’s airspace as key factors that stunt growth of air transport sector in the continent. For the first time, the International Civil […]
The President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina has said that high taxes imposed on airlines by government agencies was a major challenge dwarfing the growth and development of air transport in Africa. This according to him,explains why the region loses about 80 percent of its market to foreign airlines. Adesina who spoke […]
Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Saleh Dunoma explains that the federal government’s resolve to concession major airports in the country stems from its inability to fund their development. Recently the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) certified the two major airports in the country- the MurtalaMuhammed and the NnamdiAzikiwe International Airport, […]
Nigeria’s domestic carrier, Dana Air has clocked nine years since it started operation. The airline could be described as resilient because Dana Air and Afrijet Airlines started flight operations in the same year, 2008. Today,Afrijet has gone under. During that time Chanchangi Airlines was still a dominant operator in the domestic market. Aero Contractors held […]