In this interview with Aviation Correspondents, Managing Director of Arik Air, Chris Ndulue said to end disagreements between the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria and airlines, the agency must have simple and transparent billing system. Chinedu Eze was there and brings the excerpts: Disruption of flight operations A lot of our travelling guests (passengers) were […]
Since after the demise of the Nigeria Airways Limited (NAL), which hitherto dominated the West and Central Africa air travel market, competing with Ghana’s and Cameroon’s national carriers, these sub-regions, known as the West Coast, have remained an open market. Now competition is rife in this market, which Nigerian airlines ought to play dominant roles […]
The shortage of aviation fuel has not only hampered flight operations in the last two weeks, It has left air travellers waiting endlessly at the airports, with airlines counting their losses, writes Chinedu Eze What is surprising about the protracted scarcity of aviation fuel, known as Jet A1 is that it was deregulated, just as Automotive […]
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has concluded arrangements with the Administrative Staff College of Nigeria (ASCON) Badagry on the training of various categories of personnel of the agency. The training, which will focus largely on administrative processes, procedures and practices is intended to treat modules such as Strategic Management, Public Service Rules and Regulations, […]
Airlines that operate international destinations from Nigeria made over N302 billion ($15 billion) from ticket sales in 2015. The airlines included European mega carriers, US carriers, African and indigenous operators. Among the major carriers emirates earned the highest money of N50 billion, followed by British Airways with ticket sales of N48 billion during the period. […]
