“Why are we spending hundreds of millions of dollars to find a plane when everyone’s already dead?” That was the question on aviation journalist Christine Negroni’s mind following the media hoopla around Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, MH 370 for short, which disappeared over the South China Sea in 2014 with 239 people onboard and still hasn’t been found to […]
With poor and obsolete airport infrastructure, airlines threatened by high cost of operation and agencies laden with over bloated workforce, key stakeholders in the aviation sector on Friday called on the federal government to declare a state of emergency in the industry. The stakeholders in various presentations ventilated their frustrations with what they referred to […]
Deputy Managing Director, Arik Air, Captain Ado Sanusi has pointed out key things the government should do to help Nigerian airlines sustain their operations. What do you think government can do now to help the airlines? The airlines are facing multiple challenges. These challenges include high cost of operation in the country, which is caused […]
Despite stiff opposition, especially by aviation unions, if well-managed, concession could be the remedy for Nigeria’s airport infrastructure challenges. Occasionally, Airport Council International (ACI) tends to support government and its agencies owning airports and related facilities. There was a time ACI argued that privatising airports could cost an air traveller more because when airports are […]
The granting of a waiver on aircraft and spares importation by the federal government has often elicited argument between Nigerian airlines and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Recently the federal government shelved tariffs paid by airlines on imported aircraft parts but the Nigerian Customs had insisted that they it not see the notification from the […]