The Chief Executive Officer, Belujane Konsultant and industry stakeholder, Chris Aligbe, in this interview, says even when flight operations resume post COVID-19, it will take about a year for the aviation industry to record high load factor. Chinedu Eze brings the excerpts: Don’t you think it is high time government took a decision on Arik […]
There are no indications that anything is being done by the federal government to actualise the national carrier project since the federal government announced plan ro revisit the project. After the shock that greeted the suspension of the project, what has been said about the proposed airline, known as Nigeria Air, is that it would […]
It was mixed reaction on Tuesday when reports confirmed that the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), Mr. Ahmed Lawan Kuru has called on the 9th Senate to work towards making Arik Air a national carrier. Kuru said this was necessary because the country needs major airlines that could effectively compete […]
Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has reiterated that the establishment of the National Carrier, Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facilities and implementation of other components of the Aviation Roadmap remain top priorities of the federal government. He said the establishment of a national carrier will position Nigeria to compete with other nations in line with […]
Qatar, Thai Air, Emirates jostle for technical partner AfreximBank earmarks $300m for investment Aviation analysts have demanded from the federal government the roadmap for the planned national carrier, Nigeria Air, which was suspended indefinitely in September last year but has been allocated N47 billion in the 2019 budget. The experts demanded details of the process […]
