The decision of foreign airlines to hike airfares at a time the Nigerian economy is undergoing major difficulties is a source of concern to many intending passengers and travel agencies. Industry observers argue that the fare hikes are ill-timed, given that fewer Nigerians are travelling at this time of economic crunch. In fact, a travel […]
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 […]
By Olumide Ohunayo It is a year and some days today since we have been under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari. His promises to the industry remain a dream, and hopefully will be a reality before 2019 elections. The President and his party, in their campaign manifesto promised us a new national carrier that […]
It’s like something out of a horror movie: A passenger caught fire and was sucked out of a hole in the side of an airplane at 14,000 feet. Hassan Mohamed Nur, a survivor on that Daallo Airlines Flight D3159 from Mogadishu to Djibouti, told the Daily Mail: “I saw the passenger, a man in his […]
The Big Oxmox advised her not to do so, because there were thousands of bad Commas, wild Question Marks and devious Semikoli, but the Little Blind Text didn’t listen. She packed her seven versalia, put her initial into the belt and made herself on the way. When she reached the first hills of the Italic Mountains, she had a last view back on the skyline of her hometown Bookmarksgrove, the headline of Alphabet Village and the subline of her own road.
