International airlines sold tickets worth $1.4 billion to Nigerian travellers in 2017 despite the economic recession that impacted negatively on individual income in the last three years. This was disclosed on Saturday by the President of the National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA), Bankole Bernard. Bernard explained that the revenue generated by these airlines […]
On Tuesday, African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) saddled with the responsibility of executing the open sky policy for Africa, known as Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM) by the African Union spearheaded the sensitisation of Nigeria’s aviation industry on the need to embrace the open sky policy at a workshop hosted by the Nigerian Civil […]
Despite the gains enumerated by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) on the liberalisation of Africa’s airspace, known as Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM), experts have identified the pitfalls of the open sky policy. SAATM, which will be adopted this week, is the actualisation of Yamoussoukro Decision […]
Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) on Tuesday kicked against the plan to deregulate the African airspace as an endorsement of Yamoussoukro Decision, which was agreed on by African states in Yamoussoukro, Cote’Ivoire in 1988. The open sky for Africa allows easy entry and exit of African airlines to the airspace of each country without immigration […]
Angola be the host of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Day in Africa as the country’s air transport market is projected to record 7.1 million passengers a year by 2036 with the present annual growth rate of 6.7 per cent. However, IATA noted that even faster growth with greater socio-economic benefits for Angola could […]