At ICAO Conference, Africa’s Airport Infrastructure, Taxation Take Centre Stage

At the just-concluded ICAO World Aviation Forum organised by the International Civil Aviation Organisation in collaboration with the federal government, industry experts identified poor airport infrastructure, high taxation of airlines and non-liberalisation of Africa’s airspace as key factors that stunt growth of air transport sector in the continent. For the first time, the International Civil […]

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Nigerian Airlines in Liberalised African Airspace

By December 2017, Africa will begin the full implementation of the Yamoussoukro Declaration on the liberalisation of Africa’s airspace for airlines on the continent. What is the possibility or otherwise of Nigerian carriers competing effectively with other regional operators? While the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the Africa Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC), the International Civil Aviation […]