Thousands of jobs may be lost in the downstream sector of the aviation industry as technology, poor policy implementation threaten the existence of travel agencies in Nigeria. Chinedu Eze writes that without urgent intervention by government, the country would lose the multibillion naira market to foreign operators. About 20 years ago a travel agency may […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) would like to clarify that NewGen ISS (New Generation of IATA Settlement Systems) is not a program that is specific only to Nigeria. The body said it represents the modernization of the IATA Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) used by more than 50,000 IATA-accredited travel agents around the world, […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for the 2018 safety performance of the commercial airline industry showing continuing safety improvements over the long term, but an increase in accidents compared to 2017. The all accident rate (i) (measured in accidents per 1 million flights) was 1.35, which was the equivalent of one accident for […]
In the last two years there have been no jet losses for African carriers, which indicates that the region has maintained good safety during the period and looks to improve in future. Experts are crediting increased compliance with global aviation standards, better regulation and younger fleets for the improvement because African jet aircraft losses first […]
The President of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies, Bankole Bernard has said poor policies have retarded the growth of the aviation in Nigeria and urged government to take urgent action to save the downstream sub-sector of the industry and domestic airlines. What is your overview of the industry in 2018 to 2019? My […]
