There is need for the federal government to support domestic airlines in the acquisition of more aircraft, to boost air travel. Operating aircraft in Nigeria went down since the last five years, from over 90 to about 50 as of December 2019. This also gave rise to higher airfares, as more passengers chase fewer aircraft […]
The National Association of Nigerian Travel Agency (NANTA) has alleged that the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) is responsible for high rate of fraud prevalent in travel agencies in Nigeria. NANTA said the regulatory authority has failed to effectively monitor the activities going on the downstream of air travel in Nigeria. The association said the […]
Aviation industry stakeholders have said that the inability of the federal government to honour agreements was the major reason why international financiers, lessors and investors failed to support the planned national carrier, Nigeria Air. The industry players said despite the claims by government top officials that some institutions were interested in the airline, there were […]
*Says It cannot be Derailed by Blackmail The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has reaffirmed the sanctity of the recently released statistical data on the aviation industry on passenger traffic and revenues earned by both domestic and international airlines. Last week during a presentation at the Aviation Round Table (ART) breakfast forum in Lagos, the […]
Aviation experts have called for strict adherence to corporate governance in the industry as a key to development and growth of the sector and to encourage local and international entrepreneurs to invest in the sector. The experts also called for the increase of the number of aircraft owned by one airline from the existing minimum […]
