Airlines

Positioning Ibom Air as Future African Carrier

During a tour of Ethiopia Aviation University in Addis Ababa in November 2023, this writer and other members of the team from Nigeria came into a class where over 30 students from Akwa Ibom State were being trained on aircraft maintenance by seasoned young instructors. What was particularly interesting about the beneficiaries of the training […]

FAAN’s Stifling Levies

Over the years, domestic airlines have been grappling with various challenges ranging from high cost of aviation fuel, multiple charges, unfavourable government policies and lately, scarcity of forex, which is taking a huge toll on their operation. These local carriers often blame their woes on unfriendly government policies, which they say dog at their operations. One […]