After months of prevarication the federal government yesterday confirmed that it has approved the concession of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The Vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo made the announcement Monday through a twitter post. Osinbajo made the confirmation while speaking at the fifth edition of […]
Lack of indigenous expertise, offshore training and aircraft maintenance, experts say, are the major reasons the airline business doesn’t thrive in Nigeria. During the International Air Transport Association (IATA) conference held in Abuja last year, it was established by industry experts that the reason why airfares are costly in Africa is because most governments in […]
There were reports last week that the federal government has appointed transaction advisers for the establishment of a national carrier and a facility maintenance and aircraft leasing company at the cost of N1.524 billion. The Writer notes that government’s decision to engage foreign firms to provide advisory services for a national airline may be counterproductive. Many […]
The Rector and Chief Executive of the College of Aviation Technology, Zaria, Captain Adbulsalami Mohammed, has said that the college was established to cater for the training needs of the industry, but noted that expatriates pilots employed by Nigerian airlines use the country as training ground for juicier jobs in the Middle East. He spoke […]
Aviation industry experts posit that despite the fact that Nigeria has a renowned aviation college established in 1964, Nigeria is nowhere, near Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa in terms of the number of citizens employed in the aviation sector both locally and abroad. Ethiopia may lead the pack as the country with the highest number […]
