Minister of State, Aviation, Sirika Aviation

Lopsided Air Service Agreements

Nigeria has a large population of international travellers, which is average of about 4.5 million annually. Over 90 per cent of these passengers are airlifted by foreign airlines. This is because Nigeria does not have local carriers that have successfully operated international destinations for a number of years. So, most of the Bilateral Air Service […]

Aeropolitics and Fate of Nigerian Airlines

Industry experts have variously posited that one of the major challenges being suffered by Nigerian airlines is lack of government support. Whereas other countries easily negotiate Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA) with the Nigerian government for their airlines, Nigerian carriers always find it difficult to get approval from other countries to operate to their airports. […]

AIRLINES FACE UNDUE PRESSURE OVER MOVE TO KADUNA AIRPORT

Although Nigerian airlines and international carriers agreed that for safety reasons the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja ought to be closed so that rehabilitation work could be done on the runway, but few days towards March 8, 2017 when the airport would be closed, airlines have not completed plans to move their Abuja operations to […]