The Chief Executive Officer of Shenbee Travels Limited, Wole Shenbanjo, in this interview, spoke about emerging issues in Nigeria’s economy, and events in the travel and tourism industry. How has the devaluation of the Naira affected international air travel? It has affected travel a great deal. Ticket fares have increased astronomically. You have economy tickets […]
The federal government has said it expects to raise about $250 million from the private sector to float it proposed national carrier, which is now at the stage of procurement phase. This was disclosed by the Ministry of Aviation in a publication titled, ‘Status of the Road Map/PPP Projects’ and made available to THISDAY. The […]
The Chairman and CEO of Air Peace, Allen Onyema has commended the signing of Bilateral Air Services Agreements (BASA) between Nigeria and the United States, India and Rwanda by President Mohammadu Buhari, saying it was yet another testimony of the commitment of this government to the growth of the domestic aviation industry. Onyema, said this […]
Aviation industry experts have called for the review of Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA), signed between Nigeria and other countries, which many of them believe is lopsided against Nigeria. They said the coronavirus lockdown period was a good opportunity to review the BASA, which they argued some countries had been benefiting from over the years […]
Industry expert and CEO of African Aviation Services, Nick Fadugba, has x-rayed the aviation industry in Nigeria and said multiple entry points and frequencies of foreign airlines are commercially disadvantageous to Nigerian airlines and do not achieve fair reciprocity. Over 85 per cent of air travellers on international destinations are airlifted by foreign airlines in […]
