Chinedu Eze The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Muhtar Usman, has declared that the Nigerian airspace is opened to flights operations and called on all air travellers to disregard any notice of travel ban in Nigeria. Usman stressed that any notice of a travel ban was absolute falsehood, misleading and […]
The Managing Director of Arik Air, Chris Ndulue has said that inadequate and obsolete infrastructure at Nigeria’s airports, restrict operations of Nigerian airlines and make scheduled air service unprofitable. Ndulue told THISDAY at the weekend in Lagos that when an aircraft that should be operated at least for 16 hours, airlifting passengers from one destination […]
Chinedu Eze Nigeria recorded the highest passenger movement for both local and international air travels last year with about 15 million people travelling through the nation’s airports, a recent survey by Philips Consulting has shown. According to the survey, in terms of industry growth, passenger traffic for inbound and outbound destinations peaked at over 15 […]
Chinedu Eze The aviation industry in Nigeria currently supports 254,500 jobs and contributes $940 million (N184.7 billion) to national GDP, according to a Philips Consulting report on the aviation sector made available to THISDAY. The report said 49 per cent of sum amounting to $462 million or N90.8 billion is a direct output of the […]
by Chinedu Eze Aviation industry experts have expressed divergent views on the rating of the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa as the worst airport in the world by CNN’s survey and also the rating of three Nigerian airports as some of the worst by travel website, the Guide to Sleeping in Airports. While some industry […]
