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…
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…
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…
In the early 2000s, the Nigerian aviation industry experienced a boom with the country having more than 25 commercial airlines including the National carrier – Nigeria Airways. In the space of a few years, the local airlines started to fold,…