Air travellers have been lamenting the outrageous airfares recently exacerbated by the high cost of aviation such that a one-way ticket last Sunday on a 55 minutes domestic flight went for about N120, 000. This was higher than the peak fares during the Easter season, which cost was about N80, 000 for the same flight […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Aero Contractors, Captain Ado Sanusi has said the inability of Nigerian airlines to secure foreign exchange was affecting their operations. According to him, owing to this, domestic carriers are finding it difficult to acquire spares, carry out maintenance of their aircraft, pay for technical training of personnel and lease aircraft. […]
The granting of a waiver on aircraft and spares importation by the federal government has often elicited argument between Nigerian airlines and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). Recently the federal government shelved tariffs paid by airlines on imported aircraft parts but the Nigerian Customs had insisted that they it not see the notification from the […]
