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Musa Adede: High Taxes, Cost of Aircraft Maintenance Overseas Impinge on Viability of Airline Business in Nigeria

Senator Musa Adede, owner of King Airlines Limited, one of the oldest business jet companies in Nigeria, said to make Nigerian airlines grow and become profitable, government must have to cut down taxes paid by the operators. He also spoke on air safety; high cost of aircraft checks and the need to have more domestic […]

Akinkuotu Aviation

Experts: Improved Infrastructure Will Boost Aviation Sector, Increase Transport Industry Contribution to GDP

Aviation stakeholders and experts have called for continued investment in infrastructure to sustain the growing contribution of the sector to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The transport industry contribution to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product in the second quarter of 2021 is less than its contribution in the first quarter, but aviation stakeholders said […]

Nnaji Aviation

Chairman, House committee on Aviation to speak at 4th Nigeriatravelsmart colloquium

Chairman, House Committee on Aviation, Honourable Nnolim Nnaji will be addressing aviation stakeholders as guest speaker at the Nigeriatravelsmart annual colloquium on Thursday, 24th October 2019 at the prestigious Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.    The theme for this year’s fourth edition is: “Airport concession and options for airports development in Nigeria.” Expected Panel discussants […]

MMIA Aviation

Flight Operations Continue as Aviation Sector Suspends Strike

There are indications that domestic and international flight operations would continue Tuesday as labour unions in collaboration the Nigria Labour Congress (NLC) may have suspended the strike planned to start today. There is also indications that the National Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Ayuba Wabba, announced the suspension after  the meeting of the tripartite committee […]