Many air travellers missed their flights yesterday when physically challenged Nigerians, especially the blind, blocked the two major access roads to both the domestic and international wings of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos in protest against alleged neglect by government. The physically challenged, numbering over 100, sat on the road at the roundabout […]
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 and airline operators have again stressed the need for Nigeria to establish an aircraft leasing company in order to put an end to the protracted low capacity that has shut up the cost of air travel in the country. Currently, the average cost of ticket is about N200, 000 for one-way flight […]
Last week key stakeholders in the aviation industry met with the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo in Lagos to interact and appraise the industry under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration and also to review the policy direction of the government in the sector. The meeting brought to the fore, the efforts government […]
Travel experts, Immigration and other Nigerians have thumbed down on the plan by the federal government to scrap visa on arrival policy, saying that the decision is ill-conceived and urged the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo to withdraw the decision and do more consulting in order to take a better decision that will benefit […]
