(L – R) ALHAJI ISHAQ RABIU, MD, IRS AIRLINES; ALHAJI MUNEER BANKOLE, MD, MEDVIEW AIRLINES; CAPT. NOGIE MEGGISON, MD, JEDAIR; COL. HAMEED IBRAHIM ALI (RTD.), COMPTROLLER GENERAL, NIGERIA CUSTOMS SERVICE; SEN. HADI SIRIKA, HON. MINISTER OF STATE AVIATION; AND MR. SAM IWUAJOKU, CHAIRMAN, EXECUJET NIGERIA. Aviation

Airlines Operators Commend FG for Exemption from VAT Payment

*Government Extends Completion Date for Enugu Airport Terminal Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has commended the federal government for issuing an Executive Order for the removal of Value Added Tax (VAT) from all forms of transportation that it believes includes the air transport sector. AON in commending the federal government thanked President Muhammadu Buhari and […]

(R – L) DR. SAMSON FATOKUN, AREA MANAGER - SOUTH WEST AFRICA, IATA; SIR NOGIE MEGGISON, CHAIRMAN,AON; DR. BABATUNDE FOWLER, CHAIRMAN, FIRS; MR. JACKY HATHIRAMANI, MD, DANA AIR; MR. EWOS IRORO, ASST. SECRETARY, AON; MR. ALLEN ONYEMA, MD, AIR PEACE. Aviation

Domestic Airlines Vow to Stop Paying VAT

  Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) has vowed that from June 14, 2018, its members would stop paying Value Added Tax (VAT)  to the federal government, estimated to be over N15 billion annually. AON made this known in Lagos yesterday during a meeting of the chief executives of airlines and attributed the short life span of […]

(R – L) DR. SAMSON FATOKUN, AREA MANAGER - SOUTH WEST AFRICA, IATA; SIR NOGIE MEGGISON, CHAIRMAN,AON; DR. BABATUNDE FOWLER, CHAIRMAN, FIRS; MR. JACKY HATHIRAMANI, MD, DANA AIR; MR. EWOS IRORO, ASST. SECRETARY, AON; MR. ALLEN ONYEMA, MD, AIR PEACE. Aviation

Single African Market Treaties in Focus

Nigerian airlines under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) have kicked against Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), saying, if fully implanted now, the treaties would be injurious to their operations. The airlines had over the yearsclamoured for the liberalisation of African airspace as enunciated in the Yamoussoukro Declaration also known as Yamoussoukro […]

Without Clear Economic Policy, Airlines Won’t Survive, Operators Warn

The Airline Operators of Nigerian (AON) has warned that more airlines would go under unless the federal government introduces clear economic policies aimed at buoying the airlines to profitability. The Executive Chairman of AON, Captain NogieMeggisonstated thisat a press conference on Wednesday. Meggisonexpressed concern that while Nigeria has all the potential to become the hub […]