Nigerian airlines lose about N4.3 billion annually to airports that provide only daylight service, which restrict operators from fully utilizing their aircraft by flying longer hours. Most of these facilities, known as sunset airports, do not have the infrastructure that enables flights to operate in the night, like the airfield lighting; while the Federal Airports […]
Air travellers have come hard on domestic airlines over flight delays and have taken on the social media to register their anger. Chinedu Eze looks at factors responsible for the delays, airlines’ shortcomings and key ways the hostility between airlines and travellers could be minimised. The social media beamed on Nigeria was literally agog last […]
Nigeria may not benefit from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which favours countries that export high volume of products and services, as records indicate that the country exports only about 13 per cent of its cargo imports, which amounts to 115 million tons annual import deficit. According to 2019 records of the Federal […]
The federal government has insisted that it must concession Nigeria’s major airport terminals to secure investors that would expand the facilities in order to meet increasing passenger traffic, projected to reach 55 million by 2024. This is in line with the projection of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which stated that air transport growth […]
The Ministry of Aviation has explained that the designation of four international airports in Nigeria as special economic zones will help harness the socio-economic benefits derivable from civil aviation, generate revenues for government as well as create avenues to mobilise local and foreign direct investment for overall growth of the economy. The Ministry made this […]
