On March 31, 2023 Nigeria’s major carrier, Air Peace will be adding a major destination, Mumbai, India to its international routes, making it the second long distance flight to Asia. The first was China, which it started last year. With this development, the airline is already breaking the jinx, prodding though the odds and stoically […]
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, […]
With its hundreds of beaches, different aquatic beauties, game reserves and flora and fauna from the mangrove to the Sahel, experts say that Nigeria can earn at least $20 billion annually from tourism if these numerous attractions were developed. They stated that West Africa, led by Nigeria could generate over $50 billion annually from tourism, […]
The Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Exports Promotion Council (NEPC), Segun Awolowo has said that Nigeria informal sector records at least N41 billion annually across the West African States. These include perishables like agriculture produce, animal skin and locally manufactured goods, which are largely not captured by government agencies like the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics. […]
The Single Africa Air Transport Market has constituted new obstacle to flight operations to West and Central Africa by Nigerian airlines due to unequal charges and taxes. Chinedu Eze spoke to experts who posit ways Nigerian carriers can still operate profitably in the region. Some years ago Nigerian airlines had sustained air traffic in the […]
