The Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON), yesterday, commended the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, for his dedication to the growth and sustainability of local airlines in Nigeria. In a statement signed by the Vice President of AON, Chief Allen Onyema, the association described Keyamo as “God-sent to Nigeria’s aviation industry,” acknowledging his […]
Aviation industry experts are optimistic that the Fly Nigeria Act will increase the number of people who fly with Nigerian carriers on international routes and also significantly reduce the amount of money repatriated from Nigeria by foreign airlines, should the federal government fully embrace it. Fly Nigeria Act is a law similar to what is […]
Flight delays in domestic schedule service can be mitigated if airlines work effectively together in the sense that during none peak hours, airlines can collectively put their passengers together and designate one aircraft to each destination with full passenger load; instead of each airline deploying aircraft to the same destination with less than 40 per […]
The Federal Government has signed the Cape Town Convention (CTC) Practice Directions for the Nigerian airlines. This will expectedly bring down insurance premium and also prompt lessors to bring down payments in wet and dry leasing of aircraft by Nigerian airlines. Currently, Nigeria is designated as high risk country, which gave rise to the blacklist […]
The Managing Director and CEO of Aero Contractors, Captain Ado Sanusi, has said that Nigerian airlines are struggling because of their inability to acquire new fleet due to the country’s ailing economy. Sanusi who made this known on Wednesday said that the lack of stability in Nigeria’s financial system as it relates to foreign exchange, […]
