A major downside of airline business is when an airline takes its aircraft overseas for maintenance. In the case of Nigeria, the airline faces the lack of stability in the exchange rate and the unpredictable slot time, which aircraft maintenance organisations subject aircraft to. Industry experts assert that this is one of the major reasons […]
It was a moment of joy for the aviation industry last week, when the Chairman and CEO of United Nigeria Airlines announced that the airline plans to establish Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility in Nigeria, in partnership with Cronos Aviation. Although the Chairman and CEO of United Nigeria Airways, Professor Obiora Okonkwo, is yet […]
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has projected that Nigeria will generate over $2 billion annually if it is able to establish major Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility. Doing so, he stated, will also save Nigerian airlines about the same amount of money that are repatriated annually to pay for aircraft […]
Recently, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo acknowledged in a television interview that there is inherent corruption in the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority. The Minister is however aligning with the new NCAA’s management to stamp out corruption. The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, in a recent interview with a […]
The CEO of African Aviation Services, industry consultant and organsier of MRO Africa, Nick Fadugba, has called on African states to remove all barriers to air transport on the continent to enhance interconnectivity because as catalyst to economic growth aviation would enhance trade, create more jobs and boost the GDP of countries that fully embraced […]
