The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has denied giving approval to any other airline in the country to sell non-refundable ticket to passengers. The General Manager, Consumer Protection of the agency, Kalu Anaso, told THISDAY in an exclusive interview on Wednesday that NCAA does not give approval to airlines to sell non-refundable tickets to passengers. […]
Emerging new airlines may tame current outrageous fares, boost capacity and make domestic market more competitive. What is ironic is that when many airlines in other parts of the world are shutting down, aircraft being rested and leasing market being glutted due to devastating effects of COVID-19, Nigeria is witnessing the emergence of new airlines. […]
Air fares have started coming down after the Yuletide celebration as passenger traffic has dropped at the airports. THISDAY checks revealed that there has been reduction in passenger traffic on many of the routes, but the Abuja-Lagos; Lagos-Abuja and Abuja-Owerri; Owerri-Lagos routes still record high traffic, even. However, the cost of economy class has come […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Aero Contractors, Captain Ado Sanusi, in this interview speaks about his expectation from the aviation sector in 2020 and stresses the need for the federal government to introduce measures that would help in protecting domestic airlines. You said in an earlier interview that 2020 may not be better than 2019 because […]
Nigeria’s foremost airline, Aero Contractors, has reduced airfare to Yola as it begins flight operations to the capital of Adamawa state. The airline, which is repositioning its scheduled and fixed wing operations as it increases aircraft in its fleet, marked its inaugural flight to Yola via Abuja on Tuesday with high load factor. The airline’s […]
