International carriers have dominated the air travel market in West Africa, due to lack of capacity of indigenous airlines and intrigues by individual countries in the sub-region. Consequently, African airlines continue to struggle to have a piece of the market. With a population of about 429,312,101 and passenger traffic of over 21 million per annum, […]
The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority are collaborating with the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited to expand satellite based navigation of aircraft to different destinations in Africa. Such collaboration will enhance safety and precision in flight operations, save funds for airlines and boost revenue of government agencies. Last week the Nigerian […]
Despite the projection by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) that Africa’s airlines are on track to post a combined $638 million loss this year, with demand still 32.3 per cent lower than 2019 and capacity 31.1 per cent off the 2019 high-tide, the global body has also projected that by the last quarter of […]
Aviation experts have expressed divergent views on the adoption and success of single sky for Africa, warning that Nigeria will be left behind if it does not take advantage of the Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM). Their position is in tandem with the Nigerian airlines that have expressed lukewarm attitude towards the open sky […]
Since it became public that the federal government is in talks with Africa’s most profitable carrier, Ethiopian Airlines as its choice of core investor/ technical partner for the planned national carrier, Nigeria Air, industry stakeholders have reacted differently to the report. Last week, a team from the Ministry of Aviation met with Ethiopian Airlines management […]
