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Low patronage forces fare adjustment amid airlines’ rising operational costs

Posted on February 12, 2024February 12, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Passenger traffic shrinks, carriers lament A sharp reduction in the number of people that travel within the country and the harsh economic reality may have unwillingly forced airlines to adjust fares downward despite the myriad of challenges the carriers are faced with. Fares which jumped astronomically in July 2023 from N50,000 to between N80,000 and N100,000 for a way trip to Lagos from Abuja or to Lagos to Port-Harcourt have reverted to N65,000…

53% flights operated in Nigeria in 2023 delayed, NCAA vows to go tough on airlines

Posted on February 4, 2024February 4, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The Acting Director General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt Chris Najomo has again read the riot act to airlines engaging in incessant flight delays and cancellations. He expressed his at the alarming reports of incessant delays, flight disruptions, and schedule changes without adequate notice to passengers. Najomo, reiterated the need for airlines to improve their services, stressing that the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo is determined to enforce…

Harmattan haze: NCAA raises concern, warns pilots, airlines

Posted on January 29, 2024January 29, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has advised pilots and airline operators to exercise caution over a three-day dust haze starting on Monday to Wednesday across the country. A statement signed by the Acting Director-General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Chris Najomo, said this warning was contained in a statement by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) on weather, alerting the public on the possibility of deterioration in visibility as a result of…

NAMA, NCAA meet airlines over planned review of N16, 000 navigational charges

Posted on January 10, 2024 by Wole Shadare

TNC introduced in 2007 to boost agency’s revenue The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) and the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) held a strategic meeting with some airline operators under the aegis of Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) to review what has been described as the outdated N16,000 Terminal Enroute Navigational Charges (TNS). The meeting held in Abuja was called at the instance of the NCAA and NAMA to get the understanding of the airlines…

Airlines, agencies, others jostle for ‘meagre’ 20 million yearly traffic

Posted on January 8, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Figure underscores aviation in Nigeria as small, weak Economy responsible for low travel propensity Nigeria’s annual passenger traffic which oscillates between 18 and 20 million underscores how small, weak and fragmented the country’s aviation is currently. This story is a paradox of sorts, given that the geography, as well as the demographic profile in Nigeria, favours air travel. This huge gap is further made worse by the recent hike in fares by airlines who…

Flight delays/cancellations: BASL COO, Odukoya defends airlines, makes case for passengers

Posted on December 27, 2023December 27, 2023 by Wole Shadare

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Bi-Courtney Aviation, Mrs. Tosan Duncan Odukoya, has joined her voice with other experts in the industry to correct the impression by air travellers that airlines are always to be blamed for flight disruptions arising from delays and cancellations. Odukoya stated that the paramount factor in flight operations is safety, hence airlines for safety must delay or cancel flights when the need arises. She also argued that it is unfair…

Airlines, travelers in blame game over astronomic airfares

Posted on December 27, 2023 by Wole Shadare

NANTA, carriers, others bicker over probe While many Nigerians are finding it extremely difficult to travel air occasioned by astronomic airfares, particularly this Yuletide which some have described as a ‘crazy development’, some airline operators, travelers, and Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) are trading blame over the issue. Nigerians in November this year woke up to the reality of high fares which went up from between N65,000 and N70,000 to between N90,000…

NCAA to begin weekly report on airlines as delays, cancellations, others surge

Posted on November 5, 2023 by Wole Shadare

70% delays caused by airlines, 30% to forces beyond carriers-Aligbe As flight delays and cancellations are continuing to surge in Nigeria, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo has directed the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to begin the weekly compilation and publication of all airlines engaged in a menace that is fast taking the joy out of air travel. A visibly angry Keyamo who spoke at the aviation stakeholders’ forum at…

Apprehension as CBN begins airlines’ trapped fund disbursement

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Carriers yet to get trapped funds at I&E Window Foreign airlines heaved a sigh of relief following the decision of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to clear outstanding matured FX forwards in banks. Many of the foreign airlines said they were unaware of how much of the money owed them that the apex Bank would be releasing to the carriers just as many of the airlines had been contacted but yet to…

Poor aircraft utilisation, airlines’ albatross

Posted on October 17, 2023 by Wole Shadare

Nigerian airlines have about the lowest aircraft utilisation in the entire world. Having utilisation of about six hours in a 24-hour period while their counterparts in other countries have between 16 to 18 hours of aircraft operations show how difficult it would be for them to meet operating costs, Writes, WOLE SHADARE Eye opener A visit to the domestic wing of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos Saturday night revealed a stark reality about airline operations…

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