Aligbe Archives - Aviation metric

Aligbe: FCCPC probing airlines’ price fixing ‘ll eliminate anti-competition practices

Posted on March 23, 2026March 23, 2026 by Wole Shadare

…says agency acting within legal mandate Aviation consultant and former spokesman for Nigeria Airways, Mr Chris Azu Aligbe, said the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), as an omnibus regulator, is covered by an Act that authorises it to probe multi-sectoral infringements of consumers’ rights. He described those who hold the view that the agency has no business to probe alleged price fixing and exploitation of air travellers as ignorant, arguing that the…

Aligbe: How Nigerian carriers, Air Peace, can be profitable on Brazil route-

Posted on September 2, 2025September 2, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The Chief Executive Officer of Belujane Konsult, Mr. Chris Aligbe, has weighed in on two key factors that could make the Lagos-Brazil route profitable for any airline that wants to venture into it following the signing of the Bilateral Air Services Agreement (BASA) between both nations last week. He listed the factors as huge investment in the route by Air Peace and any other Nigerian carrier that may want to operate the route, and liberal…

Aligbe: Nigeria’s aviation market vanishing

Posted on March 31, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The setting up of new airlines by Nigeria’s neighbours and some other carriers in East Africa and other places could further erode the country’s aviation market as the Chief Executive Officer of Belujane Konsult, Mr. Chris Azu Aligbe maintained that the lack of strong carriers from Nigeria could see the carriers take huge advantage of Nigeria’s aviation market. Speaking with Aviation Metric at the weekend, Aligbe disclosed that Ethiopian Airlines plans to invest massively in…

Aligbe:300% aviation ground handling charge justified

Posted on March 3, 2025March 3, 2025 by Wole Shadare

NCAA brokers truce, suggests 15% discount on tariff A former spokesman of liquidated Nigeria Airways and aviation consultant, Mr. Chris Aligbe has weighed in on the face-off between airlines and aviation ground handling companies over increased in ground handling charges, saying the increment was justified in view of high cost of operations and other challenges. It costs N75, 000 to handle a B737 aircraft which had been the cost for some years. The ground handlers…

Aligbe: Nigeria Airways liquidation, national carrier absence impact manpower competence in aviation

Posted on January 28, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The Chief Executive Officer of Belujane Konsult, Chris Aligbe said the absence of a national carrier for the country for over two decades has impacted technical competence and managerial ability and the dearth of technical competence of the country’s entire aviation value chain. Since the liquidation of Nigeria Airways, manpower development of the country’s aviation has ebbed leading to a dearth of technical know-how as the sector is witnessing the erosion of critical manpower. Aligbe…

Aligbe: Nigeria big enough to harness global air travel potential

Posted on January 15, 2025January 15, 2025 by Wole Shadare

The Chief Executive of Belujane Konsult, Mr Chris Aligbe, said Nigeria is big enough to have three big and formidable airlines that can be either privately owned or government-backed carriers to harness air travel potentials for the country. He noted that the country needs a national flag carrier to strengthen Lagos or Abuja as a hub, stressing that no private airlines have ever built a hub. Aligbe He cited countries in Africa like Ethiopian Airlines,…

Nigeria airspace safe despite dropped ICAO points, says Aligbe

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Chief Executive Officer of Belujane Consult, Mr. Chris Azu Aligbe said the 71% score recorded by Nigeria in last year’s Universal Security Audit Programme-Continuous Monitoring Approach (USAP-CMA) conducted by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is not an indication that the country’s airspace is unsafe. Speaking to Aviation Metric at the weekend, Aligbe stated that rather than waste energy on an audit conducted last year, he called on all the agencies to ensure that those gaps noticed during…

Aligbe: Point-to-point operations not profitable for airlines

Posted on June 19, 2024 by Wole Shadare

…Urges carriers to interline to survive Chief Executive Officer of Belujane Consult, Chris Aligbe said it would be very difficult for any airline to be successful with point-to-point operations stressing that for Nigerian carriers to be profitable, they would need to interline or go into codeshare agreements that would help them distribute their passengers beyond points beyond. Aligbe, while speaking on Channels Television’s Business Update on Wednesday monitored by Aviation Metric explained that Nigerian carriers like the…