Airlines

Nigerian Airlines Facing Existential Threat—Operators

*Country Risk Discourages Lessors to Lease Aircraft to Nigerian Airlines Airline Operators of Nigeria have declared that they are facing existential threat because of the challenges they face, ranging from scarcity of foreign exchange, high price of aviation fuel and the difficulty in acquiring aircraft due to country risk. The operators also pointed out that […]

Aviation

Airline Operators Raise Concern over Delays, Loss of Resources Emanating from VIP Movement

Airline operators have expressed concern over the unscheduled delays of airline operations in the air and on ground, occasioned by very important personality (VIP) movement, insisting that such delays are inimical to flight safety, causing loss of resources, as aircraft burn a lot of fuel while waiting in the air. Senior member of Airline Operators […]

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 […]

Air Peace crew and staff moments after the carrier’s Boeing 777 aircraft landed at the Port Harcourt International Airport from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on Easter Monday Aviation

Another Look at Domestic Airlines

As Air Peace last week celebrated five years, many industry stakeholders have expressed hope that the airline, which has warmed itself in the hearts of the people, would exist and operate profitably for many, many years. Those who spoke to THISDAY were even surprised that the airline was established just five years ago because of […]

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How Collaboration Can Save Nigerian Airlines

If Nigerian airlines collaborate and interline, it will save them huge cost and improve customer satisfaction It is the view of industry stakeholders that Nigerian airlines have better chances to survival if they collaborate and interline in their operations. What exists presently is that every airline is on its own, except few of the local […]