Despite their campaigns and agitations, Nigerian domestic carriers have failed to influence the price of aviation fuel and now they are pitted against oil marketers. In recent times, the aviation industry has provoked a lot of anxiety and worry in the minds of many Nigerians. Air travellers were aghast when the Airline Operators of Nigeria […]
About 35 American oil workers invited by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) were denied entry to the state by the Cross River State government after they arrival into the country with a chartered flight from the United States. Cross River Government insisted that the Americans must be tested locally before they would be allowed […]
It has been projected that airlines, air travellers and aviation agencies lost about N48 billion in 2016 to operational hiccups, inadequate supply of aviation fuel and the attendant high prices. These losses were said to have been incurred by passengers who lost businesses due to flight delays and cancellations; airlines that cancelled flights after expending […]
After many weeks of acute scarcity of aviation fuel leading to disruption of flightsIn, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) announced it has flooded the market with Aviation Turbine Kerosene (ATK), also known as Jet A1. Airlines said they have lost huge resources purchasing the product at exorbitant price as high as N240 per litre […]
Domestic airline operators have called on the federal government and concerned authorities to take urgent measures to ensure availability of aviation fuel, otherwise known as Jet A1. They warned that if no urgent action was taken to supply the product, they may be forced to suspend their services. Some of the operators who spoke to […]
