Aviation

-By Adeniyi Onifade The long-awaited African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement came into effect on January 1, 2021 with a lot of prospects, as the market was valued at about $3 trillion. AfCFTA took off this year to…
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-By Adeniyi Onifade As the aviation sector crisis rages on, Local airline operators are fast embracing smaller and medium-range aircraft which is now boosting smaller planes market. In contrast to the popular 120-plus…
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A Nigerian military aircraft, King Air 350, en route Minna, has crashed at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja, shortly after departure due to reported engine failure. The plane which is reported to have 6 persons on board…
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-By Abdulkarim Sani The inability of the African continent to have connecting flights to member states has been identified as one of the banes of its economic prosperity. Having functional connecting flights among African countries…
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-By Adeniyi Onifade Nigeria’s aviation sector, considered as the biggest casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic has again recorded negative growth, even as government plans huge interventions for the sector. The Gross Domestic Product…
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-By Adeniyi Onifade Experts in the aviation industry have lent their voices on how airline operations can be improved to ensure optimal performance. Top among their submissions was the need to improve funding and palliatives to the…
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-By Adeniyi Onifade Despite commencing operations in July 2020, the aviation sector has still not recovered from negative impact that bedeviled the sector due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the government has promised palliatives…
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-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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*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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-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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