The Akwaaba African Travel Market has become a melting pot for travel, tourism organisations as well as airlines. Akwaaba brings together government agencies and businesses from different nations in Africa and beyond. They meet in Lagos every year to showcase their businesses, set agenda and exchange contacts at a very flexible interactive environment. Every year […]
Despite the introduction and ratification of the Single African Air Transport Market in January 2018, African airlines are yet to take advantage of the treaty. For over 20 years, international carriers from Europe and Asia have dominated the Africa airspace. It started when national carriers in Africa began to die. Such carriers like the Nigeria […]
Written by OLUMIDE OHUNAYO The recent visit of Ethiopian Airlines CEO, Tewolde Gebremariam, to the capital city Abuja and the subsequent press interview granted by him has generated a lot of negative comments from stakeholders and industry players who found some of his comments and mission to Nigeria, offensive. What was offensive to players was his […]
Former Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority and currently Consultant and Member of Board of Governors, Flight Safety Foundation, Dr Harold Demuren spoke with Aviation Correspondents and identified gains and weaknesses of multiple designation of foreign airlines and noted that it is not compulsory for NCAA to comply with all recommendations of Accident […]
Writer urges the federal government to support Nigerian carriers in their quest to take travellers to international destinations. At the return leg of Air Peace in augural flight, which took place on July 5, 2019, the flight operated by the airline’s Chief Pilot, Captain Victor Egonu was delayed for two hours, when the civil aviation […]
