The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the clearinghouse for global airlines, disclosed that over $601 million of airlines’ funds are trapped in African countries; a situation that has negatively impacted carriers operating to the continent. Nigeria is missing from the…
Many years ago, African airlines dominated the skies of Africa. Gross mismanagement and corruption saw the end of promising airlines like Nigeria Airways, Ghana Airways, Air Afrique, and others that connected the continent. Worried by the situation, leaders in the…
In a bid for growing human capacity in national aviation, the Nigerian Government’s desire to establish an aviation and aerospace University has been given a boost as the country’s Ministry of Aviation as the National University Commission (NUC), Nigeria’s university…
Forty-eight hours after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) lifted travel suspension on Nigeria, India, South Africa, the country made a U-turn by suspending flights to and from the West African cities of Lagos and Abuja with effect from June 21…
Nigeria has the lowest propensity to fly among all countries. This is a paradox of some sorts, given that the geography, as well as demographic profile in Nigeria, favors air travel. The country has a working population of over 80…
Months after serious planning with the possibility of a domestic codeshare airline pact, history was made today when Ibom Air And Dana inked a codeshare agreement that has become the first-ever in the Nigerian aviation industry. The Codeshare alliance will…