After being re-elected, the All Progressives Congress-led federal government has got another four years to actualize its plans for the aviation industry, as it provides the party the opportunity to complete its on-going development programmes. Speaking at the last stakeholders meeting in Abuja late last year, the Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika explained […]
Last week at the 14th Akwaaba African Travel Market in Lagos, aviation experts x-rayed the opportunities offered by the Single African Air Transport Market for Nigerian and other African airlines in the continent. This writer urges that Nigerian carriers can take advantage of open sky for Africa to explore more routes in the region. Aviation […]
The federal government has started series of meetings with some countries in West and Central Africa to review airport charges on Nigerian airlines. Nigerians that operate West Coast destinations complain that they are made to pay exorbitant charges by some countries in the sub-region and insisted that there must be uniform charges for the Single […]
If Nigerian airlines succeed in the on-going plan to interline their operations they will benefit from the $1.5 billion ticket sales on domestic and regional routes and also save over $1.5 billion in fuel, aircraft depreciation and flight allowances every year, THISDAY has learnt. According to industry insiders, what this means is that instead of […]
The Chairman/CEO of Air Peace, Allen Onyema said he supports the idea of establishing the proposed national carrier – Nigeria Air,as long as it follows due process, saying that the federal government must create a level playing field for all operators. Onyema who spoke at recent League of Airport and Aviation Correspondents seminar noted that […]
