New airlines have started flight operations in Nigeria, others are about to start, but there has been persistent argument that Nigerian carriers do not make profits. Chinedu Eze examines the motive behind the establishment of these airlines and their survival in the long term. It is almost a cliché in the Nigerian aviation industry that […]
Last week, the Aviation Minister, Senator Hadi Sirika said local air passengers in Nigeria who suffer flight delays at the airport for two hours (the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) later corrected it to three hours) or more are entitled to a refund of their full ticket value from the airline. Sirika, who featured in […]
Ethiopian Airlines Group has become Africa’s top airline in passenger and freight traffic retaining its leadership position in the continent. According to the African Airlines Association’s (AFRAA) report, Ethiopian has been ranked first by passenger and cargo traffic in 2020. Ethiopian carried 500 thousand tons of freight and 5.5 million passengers through its main hub, […]
The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation had promised to look into the complaints by airline operators and other stakeholders on the handling of the N5 billion COVID-19 aviation palliative. The Chairman, House Committee on Aviation, Hon. Nnolim Nnaji made the promise and said in a statement that the avalanche of concerns raised by stakeholders […]
Experts in aviation have x-rayed the performance of the industry since the nation’s Independence, saying even though so much has been achieved, more needs to be done. The Chief Executive Officer of Aero Contractors, Captain Ado Sanusi told THISDAY that Nigeria has recorded many achievements in the aviation, just as he stressed that more needed […]
