Keyamo Threatens Not to Approve Foreign Airlines’ Summer Schedule

Directs Air France to return Nigerian passengers to Abuja The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has said that he may not approve the summer schedule of foreign airlines if they refused to patronise Nigerian caterers. Following the not too good treatment meted out to Nigerian passengers by foreign airlines, Keyamo has directed […]

NCAA

Rage over Sale of Tickets in Foreign Currencies

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) under the new management headed by the acting Director General, Captain Chris Najomo, is making significant efforts to make airlines that operate in Nigeria serve travellers better and also make passenger understand their obligations to airlines. At the Consumer Protection National Stakeholders Summit, organised by NCAA in Lagos, the […]

TRAVEL

High Airfares, Unremitted Revenue of Foreign Airlines Forced Sales to Drop by 40% in Q4 2023, Says NANTA

High airfares occasioned by depreciating naira, closed lower inventories due to revenues of foreign airlines trapped in Nigeria, brought flight ticket sales down by 40 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2023.  This was disclosed by the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA), which compared ticket sales at the period with the same period […]

TRAVEL

Travel Agents Optimistic as Airfares on International Flights Drop, Signaling Naira’s Strength against Dollar

Travel agents have expressed optimism and joy that airfares on international destinations are beginning to come down as the appreciation of the Naira over dollar has started reflecting on the International Air Transport Association (IATA) exchange rate, which is the bench mark that foreign airlines use to determine their fares. The General Managing Director, Flinchglow […]