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Nigeria identifies wet lease, others as obstacles to carriers’ growth

Posted on July 26, 2024 by Wole Shadare

NANTA seeks Minister’s intervention in travel trade market Trans-boarder ticket sales shrink domestic market by 40% For many years, Nigerian airlines have been faced with the challenge of getting aircraft on a dry-lease agreement which has put enormous strain on their operations as airplanes are only available to the operators on a wet-lease basis with huge attendant costs. Faced with the situation that has led to the shrinking of the country’s domestic aviation market…

VistaJet: Redefining the Landscape of Private Aviation in Nigeria

Posted on July 25, 2024July 25, 2024 by Wole Shadare

By Philippe Scalabrini, President – Europe &Afrique, VistaJet Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, two things about the Nigerian private aviation sector have become common knowledge: business aviation requires a revamp, and Nigerians are gradually shifting their perception towards flying private. While the global aviation industry was one of the worst hits when the pandemic struck in 2020, the Nigerian private aviation sector is still yet to recover from the catastrophe, having…

Delta, United flights to Nigeria may be cancelled over massive IT outage

Posted on July 19, 2024 by Wole Shadare

· Airlines, global businesses impacted There are indications that both Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, two airlines operating to Nigeria under the Nigeria-US ‘Open Skies’ agreement may not after all fly to Nigeria as massive IT outage affect businesses around the world. Delta Airlines in a statement made available to Aviation Metric said that customers whose flights are impacted will be notified by Delta via the Fly Delta app and text message….

Nigeria’s $72.1 billion trumps SA’s $447 million trade volume, simplifies visa processes

Posted on July 18, 2024July 18, 2024 by Wole Shadare

South Africa has simplified visa processes for Nigerians wishing to visit the country by cutting visa application delays and the former policy that keeps applicants’ travel passports for more than six months before approval or rejection. The new arrangement for visa application and collection is now seven days with the option for applicants to only attach the photocopies of their travel passports to their applications and travel to other destinations while waiting for a call…

Meke: Monopoly and Nigeria’s valued travel options

Posted on July 16, 2024 by Wole Shadare

What exactly does a frequent flyer look out for while planning a trip? Safety, timeliness onboard comfort, (clean cabin), cheerful crew, and friendliness and most critical front desk staff. I will possibly say that the friendliness or otherwise of the front desk ticketing staff, like a mirror, may reveal the entire service ecosystem of an airline, hotel, or any recreational service provider. Since I am used to sharing my experience. Also, a self-appointed service policeman,…

Alleged new A330 jet for Nigeria’s President sighted in France

Posted on July 15, 2024July 15, 2024 by Wole Shadare

Plans by the Federal Government to purchase a foreclosed A330 from a German bank have reached an advanced stage as the aircraft may have been assigned a tail registration that also bears the seal of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Empowered Newswire reports. Informed sources from international aviation firms and news sites also indicate that as of early afternoon Nigerian time on July 15, 2024, the plane has been flown from Germany…

How unfair trade practices hamper travel growth in Nigeria, encourage capital flight, say FCCPC, NANTA

Posted on July 11, 2024July 11, 2024 by Wole Shadare

The National Association of Nigerian Travel Agency (NANTA) and the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) have expressed concern about the many of the tickets to fly in the country’s market that are generated outside the shores of the country popularly described as Sold Outside Ticket Outside (SOTO) or Sold Outside and Ticketed Inside (SOTI) even though international carriers have all released their lower tickets inventories for the Nigerian market. They are…

Lack of personnel, training, quality control, others cost Nigeria ICAO security audit

Posted on June 27, 2024 by Wole Shadare

…Ghana, Uganda, Tanzania outperformed Nigeria Lack of adequate personnel especially in critical areas of Aviation Security (AVSEC), poor passenger facilitation, poor oversight on the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), lack of provision of guidance tools, absence of critical information, quality control obligations and resolution of security concerns in terms of deficiencies communicated, development of corrective actions and enforcement cost Nigeria the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Universal Security Audit Programme (USAP) Continuous…

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…

Lagos, Cape Town, Nairobi, others among top unserved routes in Africa, says Airbus

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Wole Shadare

…Continent’s aviation sector to result in 3.3% GDP growth Aircraft giant, Airbus has identified Lagos, Cape Town, Nairobi and Douala as some of the top un-served routes in Africa, stressing that better service of the routes would provide better connectivity to travellers, drive economic growth in local economies and provide a significant boost in revenue for airlines. The disclosure is contained in its analysis at the ongoing AviaDev conference in Namibia where Airbus unveiled a…

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