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High Testing Fee, Others Trail Resumption of International Flights
-By Adeniyi Onifade
The cost of Covid-19 testing, restriction of air traffic and ban of some airlines from entering Nigeria heralded the resumption of international flights in Nigeria.
The federal government had suspended!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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How Nigeria Loses N30bn Monthly due to Ban on International Flights
*Loses out on $311m African airline bailout fund
-By Adeniyi Onifade
Although the federal government announced the resumption of international flights by August 29, the Nigerian aviation industry has on a monthly basis lost about!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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How Safety Guidelines Changed Airline Operations
-By Adeniyi Onifade
The novel Coronavirus pandemic has changed virtually all operations in every sector of the economy. From MSMEs, banking, media, and even governance.
Interestingly, the aviation sector is not excluded as the new!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Concerns Over Reopening of Domestic Flights
-By Adeniyi Onifade
Despite federal government’s plan to reopen the airspace for local flight operations soon, airline operators seem not to be happy with the situation considering several conditions attached to the resumption of!-->!-->!-->…
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Danger over Plans to Close 17 Airports due to Revenue Shortfalls
-By Adeniyi Onifade
A total number of 17 out of the 20 airports owned and managed by the Federal Government are now regarded as ‘unviable’, due to their inability to generate revenue.
Reports have shown that these 17 airports have!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Assessing the Impact of COVID-19 on Airline Operations
-By Gideon Osaka
Only recently, the World Health Organization officially declared coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.According to the WHO, there are 118,000 cases, more than 4,000 deaths, and the virus has found a foothold on every!-->!-->!-->…
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Trouble Brews in Nigeria’s Aviation Sector
-By Adeniyi Onifade
Trouble is brewing in Nigeria’s aviation sector over the planned concession of some airports by the federal government, especially with planned amendment of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) Bill!-->!-->!-->…
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Aviation Sector Outlook for 2020 and the Dream for a National Carrier
-By Adeniyi Onifade
Nigeria’s aviation sector in 2019 had its own fair share of criticisms with regards to safety and staff welfare.
While many stakeholders are still hopeful that the aviation development masterplan would!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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How African Cargo Freight Surged by 12.6 Per Cent Despite Global Slump
-By Adeniyi Onifade
The African continent seems to be ahead of some countries in cargo air freight market as it made a significant 12.6 per cent increase.
Cargo freight by African carrier recorded a 12.6 surge in the third quarter!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Airbus Records Boom, Cashes in $16bn at Dubai Air show
-By Adeniyi Onifade
Airbus, one of the world’s largest Commercial plane manufacturers with it’s headquarter based in France has earned the biggest deal of the Dubai air show with Emirates airline’s $16 billion bid for 50 jets in the!-->!-->!-->…
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