Aviation industry stakeholders have identified multiple taxes, high operating cost and charges levelled against the airlines by aviation agencies, as the factors responsible for the hike in domestic flights. According to the stakeholders, airfares on domestic flight service have been on the increase in response to cost of operation, thus making it difficult for some […]
Most aviation experts are of the view that proliferation of airports could be good source of revenue to airport managers. However, those who criticize the building of many airports, especially by the state governments, describe them as white elephant projects and feel bitter whenever some of the airports are handed over to the Federal Airports […]
It has become the vogue for many state governments to embark on the establishment of airports. Many of the governors who go into these projects say that it is opening up their states for investment. Although it has been said at many aviation fora that building airport facilities does not promote grassroots development; rather, the […]
There has been low turn out of passengers at the nation’s airports, as few Nigerians are leaving the locations where they voted or travelled to two days after the conduct of Presidential, Senatorial and House of Representatives elections in the country. Travel agent at the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Bassey […]
Nigerian airlines have reacted to the announcement made recently by the Managing Director of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Capt. RabiuYadudu, who stated that the agency in collaboration with the Nigerian Airspace Management agency (NAMA), has suspended the extension of time for flights that wish to land at the airports, which are normally […]
