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Nigerian carriers in dire straits

Posted on August 27, 2024August 27, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Nigerian airlines are in dire straits and need urgent intervention to minimize existential threats they are confronted with, writes, WOLE SHADARE Big market, small size The sheer size of Nigeria’s aviation domestic market still considered one of the biggest if not the biggest in Africa makes one think deeply about the precarious state of the industry in Nigeria. Air transportation, however, has failed to fill this gap and the market remains small by the standard…

Fleet depletion, capacity cut, poor services put carriers on the brink

Posted on August 20, 2024August 20, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Airlines have reduced their flight service to many airports, thus selling fewer seats that do not meet the demand of travellers, hence relatively higher prices amid poor services threaten an industry that has potential for growth, writes, WOLE SHADARE Tough times, poor services Nigerian carriers are going through one of their toughest challenges in many years as airlines are grappling to stay afloat. The numbers are drying up. It points to one thing. The carriers are…

Nigerian carriers faced with huge costs burden, says Nwuba

Posted on August 14, 2024 by Wole Shadare

President of Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association of Nigeria, Dr Alex Nwuba has taken a deep reflection into the country’s aviation industry and came up with the verdict that the sector is truly challenged. He noted that airlines are faced with huge costs from all service providers and airports are equally faced with what they deem, with many describing it as unnecessary charges. Nwuba who spoke with Aviation Metric on the sidelines of the 28th League of Airports And…

Restrictive market, bane of African carriers, says Walsh

Posted on June 20, 2024June 20, 2024 by Wole Shadare

…”Africa can be exporter of SAF” The Director-General of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Willie Walsh has zeroed in on African airlines and insisted that their major single problem is that they operate in very small economies, rather than in Europe where an airline from one country can fly anywhere in the same region. Operating in bigger economies, he reiterated would help the carriers to spread their overhead costs across a much bigger market…

Interrogating NCAA’s six aircraft policy for start-ups, existing carriers

Posted on October 10, 2023 by Wole Shadare

The new six-aircraft policy of the NCAA for start-ups and existing carriers could set the stage for more problems and erode gains made over the years. Emirates which has over 400 airplanes today started with two airplanes. Ethiopian Airlines which has become a success story in Africa started with just two airplanes to have over 150 aircraft in its fleet. The new policy which is expected to commence in 2025 is anti-aviation development, writes, WOLE…

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