AON GETS NEW EXECUTIVE

Airline Operators of Nigerian (AON) has elected new executives at its 2016 Annual General Meeting in Lagos, January 11, 2017. The operators said in a statement that it now has new Executive Council in place to pilot the activities of the association for the next two years.  Captain Nogie Meggison, the Chief Executive Officer of […]

Inefficient Airport Facilities

In the last one month there have been acute problem of aviation fuel scarcity and bad weather that severely interrupted flight operations. These two problems, which are solvable, seemed at that time to eclipse the fundamental problem that has dogged flight operations over the years. The problem has been inefficient airports due to obsolete infrastructure, […]

Harsh Operating Environment Discourages Investment in Aviation Sector

Some stakeholders in the aviation industry have said  that  harsh operating environment, including disincentive government policies, high cost of  doing business  and  scarcity of  aviation fuel  are discouraging  investors from the sector.  In the past four years there have been more commercial airlines that went under than the ones that came in and in the last two years it is only Air Peace […]

As Mixed Feelings Trail Local Airlines’ Inclusion in FX Market

Although domestic airlines have expressed satisfaction over their recent inclusion in the interbank FX market, they have however argued that its implementation is a totally different ballgame. It was an elated Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika that conveyed the good news last weekend that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) had included domestic […]

FG Includes Airlines in Interbank Foreign Exchange Market

After months of agitation the federal government has included airlines in the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market, which means that they would now be given priority when they request for foreign exchange, along with others also shortlisted. The Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika made this known at the weekend and said that it was […]