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 […]
Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Capt. Rabiu Yadudu Nigeria has disclosed that Nigeria lost $2.5 billion (about N1.25 trillion) on Maintenance Repair Overhaul (MRO) investments to neighbouring countries in 2021 due to lack of functional facility in the country. Nigerian airlines ferry their aircraft for maintenance to countries like Ethiopia, […]
By Olumide Ohunayo It is a year and some days today since we have been under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari. His promises to the industry remain a dream, and hopefully will be a reality before 2019 elections. The President and his party, in their campaign manifesto promised us a new national carrier that […]
