The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expressed its deep disappointment at the recommendation of the Global Solidarity Levies Task Force (GSLTF) to target air transportation in its aim to “improve domestic revenue mobilization of developing countries and support international solidarity (in particular with regards to climate change mitigation and adaptation, pandemics and other development challenges).” An initial […]
With a population of over 200 million people, it is expected that Nigeria should be adding about four million passengers annually to the number of persons that travel by air both on domestic and international destinations, but air travel statistics show undulating results that sometimes oscillate, indicating that there is really no growth in the […]
It has been established that air travel in Africa is costly and cumbersome due to huge government taxes and immigration bureaucracies, a development that is retarding economic growth of the African continent. The Managing Director of Asky Airlines, Mr. Esayas WoldeMaria, who established the fact, while speaking recently at Accra Wiezo in Accra, Ghana after […]
Aviation stakeholders under the aegis of Aviation Round Table (ART) have called for review of and education on charges, duties, Tariffs and Taxes which operators and others who use the airports pay to aviation agencies and other government organisations. This was contained in the communiqué issued after the breakfast meeting held in Lagos by the […]
Stakeholders in the aviation industry are convinced that if the right policies are put in place to address growth challenges, the aviation industry will double its current workforce, generate more businesses and up the country’s GDP. Many aviation industry players have said that the air transport industry in Nigeria lags behind in many ways, insisting […]
