The federal government has projected that the major international airports: the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano and the Port Harcourt International Airport, Omagwa would be processing about 55 million passengers annually by 2048. This was the estimate made by the Outline […]
The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Captain Muhtar Usman has said the problem of obsolete and inadequate infrastructure in the aviation industry would be a thing of the past if the airports are concessioned. Muhtar who spoke to THISDAY in an exclusive interview in Lagos, said cost intensive projects such as […]
The federal government has reacted to the criticism over its commitment of $300 million in the national carrier projects, Nigeria Air, while it intends to have only five per cent equity. Government had earlier explained that it would spend $8.8 million as preliminary cost, $300 million as take off cost for the national carrier and […]
Again, workers in the aviation industry have rejected the plan by the federal government to concession Nigeria’s major airports, starting with the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. The workers insist that government is not sincere with the process and aims to sell the facilities in a self-serving transaction that would not meet the target […]
Recently investors and airline operators met in Lagos to brainstorm on factors inhibiting growth in the aviation industry and the poor yield on investment. One of the reasons why there is poor infrastructure in the aviation sector is because the private sector is not investing in the industry. The reason why 150 airlines had […]
