Political uncertainty and economic downturn discouraged international and domestic travel by air that the total passenger traffic declined by 0.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2015, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). NBS noted that Q4 witnessed “both a quarterly and a year on year decline, of 0.4per cent and […]
The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has pledged to offset all debts owed the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) by member airlines. However, no deadline has been fixed by the domestic carriers, which said they are battling to remain operational amid many disincentives, which include scarcity of aviation fuel, poor facilities at some airports and […]
Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operator of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Two (MMA2), Lagos, has claimed that Arik Air’s alleged N12.5 billion indebtedness, which led to the disruption of its operations in Lagos and Abuja by aviation workers on Wednesday, 20th April 2016 was part of Bi-Courtney’s legitimate revenue that the Federal Airports Authority of […]
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 […]
