Executive Interviews

We need a national carrier; having a national carrier is something that is highly necessary for a country, but how we go about it is what that matters most. There are several ways to handle a national carrier. It is not sufficient enough for us to criticize a policy, it is our responsibility to proffer solutions.Our tourism sector will not grow and our image will not be properly laundered if we don’t have a national carrier.

Sometimes, when you start with the new students, the multi-engine aircraft is actually parked and not doing anything until the students reach that time where they can now start multi-engine training. During that period, we use that for our instructors to maintain their proficiency. We encourage them to fly such aircraft.

AIR PEACE Chairman,Chief Allen Onyema spoke on a myriad of issues concerning the fastest growing carrier, giving tangible reasons why it is yet to commence its international flights. He also talked about factors militating against smooth operations and why Nigerians prefer the agitatingly long road travel to air travel.  The …

AT the 22nd League of Airports and Aviation Correspondents (LAAC) Annual Seminar, Chairman of Air Peace, Barrister Allen Onyema bore his mind on a myriad of issues. The frank-talking chairman reiterated his stand on the proposed Single African market, skies as well as lack of protection of Nigerian carriers abroad …

ACTING Managing Director of Skyway Aviation Handling Company Limited (SAHCOL), Mr. Basil Agboarumi was guest of the League of Airports and Aviation Correspondent(LAACs) Gateway forum where he talked about the unhealthy rivalry that has created a price war in the industry as well as call for zero tariff for ground …

AIRPORT Manager Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Mrs. Victoria Shin-Aba has explained some of the challenges the airport authority faces with regards airside security, facilitation of passengers to the international terminal as well as the proposed cashless payment being introduced by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and others. In …

General Manager, Corporate Communications of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, in this interview with journalists, spoke on some happenings in the agency from why it decided to automate its car park at the Lagos Airport as well as the removal of unserviceable aircraft on the …

ESAYAS WoldeMariam Hailu is Managing Director of Ethiopian Airlines International Operations. He spoke to journalists from Lagos last week on various issues regarding the airline. From market share in Africa, to its most lucrative market to its first all female crew flight from Addis Ababa to Lagos. The former Area …

Captain Abdulsalami Mohammed is the Rector of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria and in this interview after the college being handed the status of Regional Training Centre of Excellence(RTCE) he speaks on a myriad of issues concerning the status, aircraft and simulator acquisition as well as unemployed …

MANAGING Director of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Captain Fola Akinkuotu, who was at the inaugural International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Aviation Security Symposium AVSEC 2017 in Montreal, Canada  gave his views concerning security in the aviation industry and how important it is for all involved to be on the …