Nigeria failed to benefit from the World Bank Group’s $851 financing for air transport infrastructure earmarked for developing nations in 2020 to provide succour for the devastation of the industry by COVID-19 as well as to support projects in the aviation sector. List of beneficiaries are contained in the Washington-based institution’s ‘Air Transport Annual Report […]
The writes X-rays factors that impede on-time flight services in Nigeria as air ravellers lament delays, cancellations in domestic operations Air travellers complain of flight delays, cancellations in domestic operations. Chinedu Eze writes on factors that impede on-time flight service in Nigeria, as experts proffer ways to mitigate the challenge. Air travellers in recent times […]
Former Managing Director of Virgin Nigeria Airways and currently the CEO of Ropeways, Captain Dapo Olumide, says Nigeria needs to provide the needed infrastructure and maintenance facility before establishing strong airlines so that they could be profitable and competitive. He said that Nigeria does not need a national carrier that has government input but one […]
In the last three weeks Nigerians have spoken enviously about the terminal at the Katoka International Airport, Accra. They talked about the facility glibly and made mocking reference to Nigeria’s dilapidated airport facilities. What roiled the nation’s countrymen and women is that the opening of the Accra airport terminal coincided with the suspension of the […]
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 […]
