Nigeria’s growing carrier, Air Peace yesterday started the Lagos-Uyo route as additional destination in its domestic operations. Air Peace said that it would provide its efficient and timely service to the new route and pledged that it would maintain the tradition of satisfying its passengers at all time. The airline assured air travellers that it […]
The declining number of operating aircraft in Nigerian airlines’ fleet is taking a toll on air transportation in the country as most flights are either delayed or cancelled leaving passengers stranded at various airports. THISDAY checks revealed that the air passengers that wait in departures are currently on the rise, as there are only few […]
Nigeria’s major carrier, Arik Air said high cost and scarcity of aviation fuel, inability to access FX are the major setbacks of its operation in Nigeria as it turned 10 years. The Managing Director of the airline, Chris Ndulue explained that its daily demand of aviation fuel, known as Jet A1 is about 500, […]
Low value of the local currency, unfavourable forex policy, aviation fuel scarcity and high cost of fuel, and poor infrastructure have kept international carriers under pressure and forcing them to leave the juicy Nigerian market. In a normal operational situation where there is no security threat, no diplomatic imbroglio and there is no war, foreign […]
International carriers that operate to different destinations in the country have called on the federal government to give them standard exchange rate for the repatriation of revenues earned from ticket sales or they would be forced to leave Nigeria. The Sales Manager of Emirates Airlines, Eghe Ekhator, issued the threat, why explaining the reasons […]