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Lack of transit facilities greatest barrier to becoming global player-Okonkwo

Posted on February 16, 2026February 16, 2026 by Wole Shadare

Lack of transit facilities greatest barrier to becoming global player-Okonkwo · FAAN plans facilities in new terminal project United Nigeria Airlines chairman, Prof. Obiora Okonkwo, has stated that the lack of transit facilities is the single greatest barrier to becoming a global player. Without these facilities, Nigerian airports are effectively dead ends rather than the regional hubs they are geographically positioned to be. Okonkwo emphasised that flying long-haul to London or New York is nearly impossible to…

Protectionism: Barrier to Africa’s air transport liberalisation

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Despite very strong protectionism, we are all witnesses to the short life span of most of the African national carriers with an average life cycle of about 15 years maximum. WOLE SHADAREwrites that protectionism as much as it can be defended may have backfired on the continent’s air transport growth Key factor One key component of unlocking air transport connectivity in Africa is through the Single Africa Air Transport Market (SAATM) otherwise known as Africa’s ‘Open…