Nigeria’s foremost indigenous carrier, Aero Contractors is in danger of extinction. Only urgent injection of funds can save the ailing airline. Nigeria promising and oldest indigenous carrier, Aero Contractors has paid the price of a selfish decision taken against it some years ago, when its stakeholders shortchanged the airline and gained at its expense. The […]
Aviation consultant and CEO of Belujane Konsult, Chris Aligbe said Nigerian airlines are facing a bleak future and berates the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria for playing an ignoble role in the industry. What is your view about the rising cost of air travel in Nigeria? Until the economy changes, a whole lot of things […]
The contraction in passenger traffic halves the yield for domestic airlines and threatens their existence. If the economic contraction continues, many local carriers may go under. Emerging figures on passenger movement from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) indicate that there is drastic reduction of air travellers to domestic destinations. This has invariably reduced […]
The Chief Executive Officers of the three leading Airlines in West Africa ASKY ,ARIK and AERO have confirmed participation at the Accra Weizo event scheduled for the 15th of July in Accra Ghana. They will be discussing the increasing challenges faced by Airlines in West Africa. West Africa has a population of over 300 Million […]
The load factor for airlines on the popular Accra-Lagos route has diminished. Some of the airlines are reconsidering the route. Without official announcement, some have started withdrawing their service through unexpected cancellations. Four Nigerian airlines and one Ghanaian airline have shown consistency on the route; now that consistency is slipping. In the last 10 years, […]
