MMA2 Aviation

Passenger Traffic, Air Fares Drop after Yuletide

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 […]

Sanusi Aviation

Sanusi: FG Must Protect Domestic Airlines

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 […]

Passengers disembarking at Yola airport Aviation

Aero Begins Flight Operations to Yola

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 […]

Bernard: Blame Govt for High Cost of Airfares

  President of the National Association of Nigerian Travel Agents, Bankole Bernard blames the high cost of air fares on government’s taxes. What is your evaluation of the Nigerian travel market? The Nigerian travel market has witnessed a downturn and this is a reflection of the economy. It shouldn’t have been like that if the […]