Three months after putting a halt to their operations occasioned by the restrictions placed on Nigerian travelers to Paris, Amsterdam, and Frankfurt, the Nigerian government on Tuesday granted permission to Air France, KLM, and Lufthansa to re-commence flights to Nigeria.…
The N4b ($10.51m) bailout for Nigerian airlines by the government following the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is grossly inadequate to solve the myriads of problems confronting them. Yes, some did not agree that the carriers should be assisted with…
African airlines are said to be the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic that has affected carriers and global economies. Airline revenues have collapsed. Fleets are grounded. Extreme actions are being taken just to survive. The continent’s airlines are in…
Nigerian airports constitute a huge drain on the purse of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). The airport authority manages 22 out of 23 airports that dot the country’s landscape. Eighteen of these airports are categorized as ‘unviable’. The…
African airlines are in dire straits and the carriers on the continent are small, weak, and fragmented. Many African countries restrict their airspaces to prop up state-owned air carriers. That’s why it is notoriously difficult for private airlines to succeed…
The Nigerian government has promised to deliver to the country the long-awaited national carrier whose name is yet to be announced. This has brought cheers to about 10 million Nigerian air travelers in and to the over 200 million national…