Skyway Aviation Handling Company PLC (SAHCO) said it has been entrusted with the responsibility of providing aviation Ground Handling for the Astraceneca vaccines at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, Nigeria to combat the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The F=first batch of the vaccines, which was received by the Nigerian government “was coordinated in […]
Industry consultant and CEO of Aglo Limited, Tayo Ojuri has predicted that Nigerian airlines would record weak profit in 2021, due to the weakness of the marco-economy. Ojuri said this in a telephone interview with THISDAY. He identified three factors that would hinder the ability of the airlines to post healthy profit. One of the […]
The International Air Travel Association (IATA) has identified five proven ways that governments can help stimulate the air travel market while avoiding adding more debt to already highly leveraged airline balance sheets due to Coronavirus pandemic. The global body urged governments to grant temporary waivers or suspensions of government charges, taxes and fees to airlines […]
Nigerian airlines have been under financial distress currently exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic devastation of the sector. Now that another bout of recession has set in, Writer wonders if the airlines will survive without government intervention. The domestic airlines are in financial straits because of so many factors. These include the high cost of operations, […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has revealed that passenger demand in September remained highly depressed. Total demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) was 72.8 per cent below September 2019 levels (only slightly improved over the 75.2% year-to-year decline recorded in August). Capacity was also down 63 per cent compared to a year […]
