Experts in the aviation industry have called on the government to henceforth initiate and implement policies to make foreign carriers partner local operators. The experts insisted that such has been the practice in many countries, saying that governments do so to save indigenous carriers, encourage local skills development and create employment. The experts who spoke […]
Airline operators and other stakeholders in the aviation industry have called on the federal government to review its bilateral air service agreements (BASAs) it signed with foreign countries to make them reciprocal and support the growth of the sector. They urged government to quickly stem the unfavourable condition in which 100 per cent of international […]
Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) has said that if the federal government develops cabotage policy in aviation it would resolve the problems associated with the existing lope-sided Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) the country signed with different nations whose airlines operate into Nigeria. Agbakoba made this known in a […]
Recently the federal government signed Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) with the Republic of India in order to deepen flight operations with the Asian country. This was disclosed by the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika through his twitter handle, as plans to reach this partnership had been afoot in the last six months. […]
It was reported on Tuesday that Angola’s national carrier would start direct flight to Nigeria soon. Aviation industry stakeholders had complained severally that when government officials go to negotiate Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) with these countries, they do not carry Nigerian airlines representatives along; even when they negotiate for commercial agreements. The consequence is […]
![AVAITION CONFERENE 1&2: L-R: President, African Business Aviation Association, Mr.Nick Fadugba, President Aviation Safety Round Table Initiative, Dr,Gbenga Olowo, Managing Director/CEO,, Medview Airline, Alhaji Muneer Bankole, Chief Executie, Topbrass Aiation, Captain Rolan Iyayi and Chairman, League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents [LAAC] during the 23rd edition of LAAC Annual Conference/Awards held at the Redisson Blu Hotel, ikeja yesterday](https://aviationmediaafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/AVIATION-CONFERENCE-1A.jpg)
