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 Frequent air travelers within Africa agree that the cost of air tickets is too high. So serious is this issue that top African aviation stakeholders met penultimate week in Abuja to discuss factors responsible for the high cost of airfares and to come up with suggestions on how to address such factors, writes, WOLE SHADARE  Panic response At the just-concluded National Aviation Conference organized by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) held in Abuja penultimate…

Revenues are rising after the COVID-19 restriction was eased. People are returning to air travel. WOLE SHADARE writes that the challenge for airlines now is how to keep costs under control Nigerian airlines are most unlikely to return to profitability year. This is not peculiar to the nation’s carriers as many carriers in many parts of the world are witnessing serious hiccups. Only a few markets, like the United States and some parts of Asia…

The first-ever FAAN National Aviation Conference may have come and gone, but the lessons learnt from the summit should enrich the country’s aviation industry. WOLE SHADARE who was at the summit listened to divergent views of panelists on the Single Africa Air Transport Market (SAATM) and the fear of liberalizing air transport in Africa. These fears can be confronted if Africa truly wants to develop its air transport   A burgeoning region Africa is considered a…

The imminent collapse of loss-making British Airways’ franchisee airline, Comair, did not come to many as a surprise. Comair’s problems sum up the precarious situation of many Nigerian and African airlines, which existence hangs in the balance, writes WOLE SHADARE The unfortunate collapse of Comair, a South African-based airline, has again raised concern over the vulnerability of African airlines. All over the continent, the region is replete with hundreds of airlines that have packed up….

Call it a lack of planning, you would not be wrong. The lack of foresight for the newly built terminal in Lagos has kept foreign airlines away from it, writes, WOLE SHADARE Idle terminal  No one would have expected a multi-million dollar Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos to remain idle months after the facility was commissioned in April by President Muhammadu Buhari considering the fact that for many years, the project which was expected to be…

  Through innovation and technology, the APG network has expanded over its 25-years history to become a key partner and a powerful platform in the airline distribution environment, offering outsourced services in passenger sales and marketing, reservations, finance, and accounting, fare filing and consulting, writes WOLE SHADARE Celebration APG Network, the World’s Leading Network of Airline Representatives on May 27, 2022, celebrated APG DAY all around the world. Once a year, on May 27 which…

Africa’s aviation safety and security recently came under the searchlight of the global aviation regulatory body, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). The continent, despite doing so much, still has a lot of gaps to close, just as the liberalisation of air transport in Africa, otherwise known as the Single Africa Air Transport Market (SAATM), came under focus at the summit, writes WOLE SHADARE Centre stage Africa’s aviation industry took the centre stage in Abuja,…

The aviation industry is at a crossroads. Jet A1 is steadily climbing to the chagrin of airlines. There is no known solution in sight to stem the tide. Both oil marketers and airlines are passing the buck, while air travellers groan, writes WOLE SHADARE Industry on edge The high cost of aviation fuel and the threat last week by airline operators to go on strike set the aviation industry on edge, prompting panic about what…

Airlines saw the most growth since January this year. The bullish outlook is informed by the easing of travel restrictions in key markets, writes WOLE SHADARE  Return from the dead African airlines seem to be returning to profitability. The last three years had been excruciating for airlines and the travel industry. It was a crisis that ‘crumbled’ literally the entire global travel industry. But since the relaxation of COVID-19 rules, airlines and the travel trade…

Nigerian workers joined their counterparts all over the world to mark Workers’ Day. In truth, May 1 appears to just be a mere ceremony in Nigeria as conditions of workers are yet to improve amid so many labour challenges in the aviation sector, writes WOLE SHADARE   May Day significance Labour Day or International Workers’ Day is observed each year on May 1 to celebrate the achievements of the working class. The day, also called…