The Managing Director of Afrijet Airlines, Alhaji Mohammed Tukur, in this interview, was of the view that government should review its policies in the aviation sector to help it grow and become profitable for operators. Recently aviation unions protested against some appointments, saying that the people appointed are not competent, what do you think will be […]
In this report, Henry Osazuwa takes a critical look at the recent takeover of Arik Air by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria and the imperative for a viable financial market in Nigeria Arik Air is an indigenous airline in Nigeria with highest domestic flights, and fledging international air traffic. In 2016, the airline […]
Scarcity of dollars and low value of the naira have prompted Nigerian airlines to see the need to operate regional and international routes. These routes open the door for them to earn foreign currency as many of these countries in West and Central Africa are not hard hit in terms of dollar scarcity like Nigeria […]
Nigerian airlines have said that most of the operators may end schedule flight services this year, unless government takes urgent steps to resolve lingering issues that have hampered their operations. THISDAY checks at the domestic airside of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on Wednesday revealed that many aircraft owned by domestic carriers are not […]
Stakeholders have warned that if the challenges faced by domestic airlines in 2016 persist this year, the industry would go under. The year 2016 had many challenges for Nigerian airlines. Aviation fuel scarcity started from January that year till December. They faced the problem of accessing foreign exchange(fx) to take their aircraft for maintenance […]
