FROM L-R (PICS 1): former managing Director, FAAN, Mr Richard Aisuebeogun, Vice Chairman Sahcol, Mr Chike Ogeah, Mrs Fartima Garbati former president of NATOP, Adefunke Adeyemi, Regional Director, IATA, Africa and Middle East, Wimpie Van Vuuren, Senior Manager, Sales and Cargo, Mr. Steve Isokariari , CEO Dial travel and tours and organiser 14th Akwaaba Travel Market, Mr Ikechi Uko at Aviation Day held in Lagos Tuesday. Aviation

Creating Wider Market for African Airlines

Last week at the 14th Akwaaba African Travel Market in Lagos, aviation experts x-rayed the opportunities offered by the Single African Air Transport Market for Nigerian and other African airlines in the continent. This writer urges that Nigerian carriers can take advantage of open sky for Africa to explore more routes in the region. Aviation […]

Captain Usman Aviation

FG, ECOWAS to Review Flight Charges

The federal government has started series of meetings with some countries in West and Central Africa to review airport charges on Nigerian airlines. Nigerians that operate West Coast destinations complain that they are made to pay exorbitant charges by some countries in the sub-region and insisted that there must be uniform charges for the Single […]

Ethiopia's Boeing B787 Dreamliner Aviation

Ethiopia Airlines Offers Its Shares to African Countries

Ethiopia Airlines has offered its shares to African investors after several years of profitable operation. The airline, which was established in 1945 and owned 100 per cent by the Ethiopian government, said it is targeting African governments to buy stakes in the company. This was disclosed by the CEO of Ethiopia Airlines, Tewolde Gabremariam in […]

Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi sirika Aviation

Nigeria Loses over $6,4bn Annually to Non-reciprocity of BASA

Aviation industry experts have projected that the federal government is losing over $6.4 billion annually from non-payment of royalty by foreign carriers. This, according to the experts, is the amount that was supposed to be paid by international operators as Nigerian airlines are incapable of reciprocating the number of frequencies operated by these foreign carriers […]

Alhaji Muneer Bankole, MD/CEO, Med-View Airline with other passengers on board cutting the cake to celebrate Med-View Airline Lagos-Abuja-Dubai inaugural flight. Aviation

Breaking the Dubai Route Jinx

    Medview Airlines would be the third Nigerian airline to operate to Dubai. The airline marked its inaugural flight to the Middle East business hub on December 7, recording high load factor of over 85 per cent. That was an encouraging figure and may be a prologue to successful flight operation to Dubai by […]