Air fares have started coming down after the Yuletide celebration as passenger traffic has dropped at the airports. THISDAY checks revealed that there has been reduction in passenger traffic on many of the routes, but the Abuja-Lagos; Lagos-Abuja and Abuja-Owerri; Owerri-Lagos routes still record high traffic, even. However, the cost of economy class has come […]
Aviation industry experts still insist that if government must concession the airports, it must ensure there is legal framework and due process. Recently Aviation Round Table (ART), a think-tank group of industry experts, held a webinar conference on airport concession and sounded a note of warning to the federal government, insisting that for the effort […]
Industry stakeholders have appealed to the federal government to wade into the industrial dispute rocking some of the airlines which saw the disruption of flight operations this week. The stakeholders said most of the airlines are in precarious state since they resumed after the COVID-19 lockdown, insisting that without bailout or any form of financial […]
Last week industry think-tank group, Aviation Round Table (ART) held a conference on concession and the Chairman of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), the builder and operator of domestic terminal at the Lagos airport, MMA2, Dr. Wale Babalakin, reeled out his experience as concessionaire and made recommendations on how concession of airport facilities could work […]
The National Association of Nigeria Travel Agencies (NANTA), Lagos Zone has commenced the distribution of face-masks to aviation frontline workers and passengers as its own contribution to prevent Covid-19 pandemic. Some of the frontline workers include those in the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, (FAAN), the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, (NCAA), International Air Transport Association […]
