Airlines

Addressing Growth Challenges of Nigerian Airlines

Inadequate aircraft to meet the needs of aviation industry, among other challenges, has been identified by industry stakeholders as a critical factor behind the inability of Nigerian carriers to grow and compete globally. Last week top officials of major finance institutions, aircraft operators and managers met to deliberate on key issues affecting air travel in […]

Airlines

Addressing Funding Challenge of Nigerian Airlines

The depleting number of operating aircraft in Nigeria’s domestic airline industry can be partly traced to the heavy capital outlay needed to acquire aircraft and the inability of local financiers to extend credit facility to the operators, a development that needs urgent attention. Operating airline business is capital intensive because to acquire a brand new […]

Aviation

Iyal: Long-term, Single Digit Loans Necessary for Airlines

Former Senior Special Assistant to the President on Aviation Matters and the Managing Director of Afri-Air International Limited, Captain Shehu Iyal, in this interview, stressed the need for government to facilitate long-term, single digit interest loans, to enable Nigerian airlines to succeed, Chinedu Eze present the excerpts How will you describe the aviation sub-sector in […]

Arik Aircraft Aviation

Why Nigerian Airlines Cannot Access Credit Facility from International Financiers

It has become increasingly difficult for Nigerian airlines to access credit facilities from international financiers as they were wont to do some years ago and as their counterparts all over the world are doing. Running an airline is capital intensive business which needs high capital outlay and many airlines in different countries of the world […]

Sanusi Aviation

Sanusi: FG Must Protect Domestic Airlines

The Chief Executive Officer of Aero Contractors, Captain Ado Sanusi, in this interview speaks about his expectation from the aviation sector in 2020 and stresses the need for the federal government to introduce measures that would help in protecting domestic airlines. You said in an earlier interview that 2020 may not be better than 2019 because […]